Morton Corners, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Concord town. It lies in ZIP code area 14141. The Survey maps it on the Langford quadrangle.

Morton Corners within Erie County

Then and now

1905 to 1984

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 Morton Corners, surveyed 1984

Topographic sheet of Morton Corners, surveyed 1905

Compare 1905 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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.

1905 USGS Eden quadrangle1:62500
1907 USGS Eden quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1944 USGS Eden quadrangle1:62500
1944 USGS Langford quadrangle1:31680
1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Langford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

45 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Morton Corners between 1995 and 2020, burning about 38 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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	29
Debris and open burning	6
Arson/incendiarism	5
Smoking	2
Natural	2
Equipment and vehicle use	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
7 August 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 August 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
10 August 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
31 July 2017	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
12 July 2003	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
28 June 2012	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
27 June 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
26 June 2002	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Erie 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 Morton Corners: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Salt, 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
	Hagerer Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
	Springville Well	Salt	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Erie 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
Woodside	0.7 miles	16
Concord	2.5 miles	14
Wyandale	3.0 miles	16
Marshfield	4.6 miles	16
Collins Center	4.7 miles	16
Springville	5.2 miles	14
Zoar	5.4 miles	16
New Oregon	5.5 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 957718. 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.