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Morse, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hastings town. It lies in ZIP code area 13076. The Survey maps it on the Central Square quadrangle.

Morse within Oswego County

Then and now

1905 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 80 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, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Morse, surveyed 1905

On record in Morse

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

8 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.

Fires near this place

101 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Morse between 2000 and 2020, burning about 90 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined58
Arson/incendiarism20
Debris and open burning11
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
2 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 August 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 August 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
18 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oswego 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 Morse: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Chauvin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
French Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hays & Smith PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hogback Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Weaver PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Weaver Pit Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Oswego 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
Carley Mills0.9 miles20
Hastings1.0 miles22
Bardeen Corners2.0 miles22
Little France2.5 miles19
Parish2.5 miles18
Mallory3.3 miles19
Red Mill3.4 miles18
Colosse3.7 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 957710. 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.