Morristown, New York
19 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. It stands on Louce Creek. The Survey maps it on the Morristown quadrangle. 398 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 289 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1906 to 1985The 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.


Compare 1906 against another survey:
On record in Morristown
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 8 records
Jacob Ford Houselisted 1982
Land Officelisted 1982
Paschal Miller Houselisted 1982
Morristown Schoolhouselisted 1982
Stone Windmilllisted 1982
United Methodist Churchlisted 1982
Wright's Stone Storelisted 1982- Samuel Stocking Houselisted 1982
Population over time
2 figuresMorristown grew from 395 to 398 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 395 | |
| 2020 | 398 | +3 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1906 USGS Brier Hill quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1942 USGS Morristown quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS Morristown quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Morristown quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
68 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Morristown between 2000 and 2020, burning about 31 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 21 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/undetermined | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 3 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 18 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 31 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Morristown: 8 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Flagstone, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Stout Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Stouts Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Stouts Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morristown in 7 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Morristown | $100,000 | Widespread flooding with culverts damaged, basements flooded, and roads closed across Saint Lawrence County. |
| June 2005 | Lightning | Morristown | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morristown | $5,000 | Several trees and power lines down in Morristown. |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morristown | $5,000 | A cold front moved southeast from Canada into northern New York during the late afternoon and evening hours of August 4th resulting in severe thunderstorms across parts of St. Lawrence County. Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees in Morristown with scattered reports of trees and powerlines down elsewhere in the county. Nickel-size hail was reported along the west shore of Tupper Lake. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morristown | $2,000 | Tree, branches and utility lines downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morristown | $2,000 | Tree down on utility lines caused by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morristown | - | Tree down on utility lines caused by thunderstorm winds. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terrace Park | 1.1 miles | 19 | |
| Edgewater Park | 1.2 miles | 19 | |
| Morristown Center | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Brier Hill | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Edwardsville | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Cedars | 6.6 miles | 19 | |
| Oak Point | 7.4 miles | 7 | |
| Galilee | 7.7 miles | 17 |
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 Morristown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3452766 | The 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 976680. 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.
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.








