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Morristown Center, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Morristown town. It lies in ZIP code area 13669. The Survey maps it on the Edwardsville quadrangle.

Morristown Center within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1906 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Morristown Center, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Morristown Center, surveyed 1906

Compare 1906 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

62 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Morristown Center between 2000 and 2020, burning about 30 acres in total. None started naturally. 20 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/undetermined28
Arson/incendiarism20
Debris and open burning10
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2

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
5 September 2016Debris and open burning1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2016Debris and open burning1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Morristown Center: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone, Limestone, Dimension, Dolomite. 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
Unnamed QuarryDolomitePast Producer
Unnamed Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Dolomite QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, DimensionPast Producer
Unnamed Dolomite QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, DimensionPast Producer
Unnamed Sandstone QuarryFlagstone, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Sandstone QuarryFlagstone, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Lawrence 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
Terrace Park2.3 miles19
Edgewater Park2.3 miles19
Morristown3.0 miles19
Galilee4.7 miles17
Edwardsville5.1 miles17
Lost Village5.5 miles15
Brier Hill5.8 miles19
Cedars7.7 miles19

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.

Wikidata item Q122555968The 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 976682. 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.