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Morrison Heights, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Montgomery town. It lies in ZIP code area 12549. The Survey maps it on the Walden quadrangle.

Morrison Heights within Orange County

Then and now

1903 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Morrison Heights, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Morrison Heights, surveyed 1903

On record in Morrison Heights

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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

318 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 318 fires within 5 miles of Morrison Heights between 1993 and 2020, burning about 229 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 39 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/undetermined185
Arson/incendiarism39
Debris and open burning29
Smoking19
Natural15
Equipment and vehicle use12
Fireworks7
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Other causes1

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
8 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
6 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Morrison Heights: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Neelytown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Campbell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Highland Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Otter Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Orange 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
Scotts Corner1.4 miles25
Maybrook1.6 miles31
Berea1.9 miles25
Montgomery2.2 miles25
Neelytown2.5 miles31
Rock Tavern2.9 miles31
Coldenham3.1 miles25
Burnside3.4 miles31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 957704. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.