Morse Mill, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Sempronius town. It lies in ZIP code area 13118. The Survey maps it on the Sempronius quadrangle.

Morse Mill within Cayuga County

Then and now

1898 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Morse Mill, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Morse Mill, surveyed 1898

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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.

1898 USGS Moravia quadrangle1:62500
1902 USGS Moravia quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
1943 USGS Sempronius quadrangle1:31680
1943 USGS Sempronius quadrangle1:24000
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Sempronius quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

25 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Morse Mill between 2002 and 2020, burning about 26 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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	9
Debris and open burning	7
Arson/incendiarism	4
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Natural	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
4 September 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
4 August 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 July 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
16 July 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
30 June 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	NA
21 June 2004	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
2 June 2009	Arson/incendiarism	2.5 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
9 May 2015	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cayuga County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Morse Mill: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Scipio-O'Toole Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
	Venice-O'Toole Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Cayuga 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Wilson Corners	1.9 miles	25
Dresserville	2.3 miles	22
Sempronius	2.3 miles	22
Montville	2.5 miles	25
Moravia	3.5 miles	25
Toll Gate Corners	3.9 miles	25
Kelloggsville	4.2 miles	26
Globe Hotel Corners	4.4 miles	28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 957713. 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.