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Morris, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Morris town. It lies in ZIP code area 13808. It stands on Calhoun Creek. The Survey maps it on the Morris quadrangle. 486 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,145 feet above sea level.

Morris within Otsego County

Then and now

1910 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Morris, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Morris, surveyed 1910

On record in Morris

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 5 records

Population over time

2 figures

Morris fell from 583 to 486 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010583
2020486-97 (-17%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

42 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Morris between 1995 and 2020, burning about 38 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 5 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Debris and open burning9
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural4

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
18 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
8 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 July 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
1 July 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 June 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 June 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 June 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Otsego County

Storms near this place

20 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morris in 20 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2021Flash FloodMorris$50,000A bridge was flooded. Hay bales were blocking the creek underpass. The local fire department was flooded out.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindMorris$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees in Morris.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindMorris$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees on 434 CR-51.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindMorris$5,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over trees and wires.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMorris$5,000Wires and a transformer were blown down.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindMorris$5,000Several trees were blown down in Morris, including one on a house.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindMorris$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees in Morris and New Lisbon.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindMorris$3,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires in the area.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindMorris$2,000Trees and wires downed.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindMorris$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto the road.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindMorris$1,000Trees and wires were blown down.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindMorris$1,000Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and wires.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindMorris-Large tree limbs were broken.
April 2000Thunderstorm WindMorris-Trees down.
May 2000Flash FloodMorris-County highways 13, 51 and 49 were flooded following heavy thunderstorm rains. Other roads were also closed and bridges damaged due to flooding. The city water supply became contaminated during the flooding and residents had to boil water before use for several days afterward. One bridge was destroyed on Route 13 and another was undermined on Route 51. Flash flooding along Silver Creek also damaged residences along its banks. A State of Emergency was declared due to the serious nature of the flooding.
August 2011HailMorris-no account filed
June 2011HailMorris-no account filed
June 2009HailMorris-no account filed
June 2008HailMorris-no account filed
June 2007HailMorris-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Otsego County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Elm Grove1.1 miles16
Maple Grove3.7 miles15
West Laurens4.1 miles16
New Lisbon4.2 miles16
Stetsonville4.4 miles16
Toll Corner5.0 miles17
Freer Corner5.3 miles17
Otsdawa5.8 miles15

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on MorrisAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2841852The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 957686. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.