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Murray, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Murray town. It lies in ZIP code area 14470. It stands on East Branch Sandy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kendall quadrangle.

Murray within Orleans County

Then and now

1897 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Murray, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Murray, surveyed 1897

On record in Murray

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

Fires near this place

105 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Murray between 2001 and 2020, burning about 67 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 51 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
Arson/incendiarism51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Natural10
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
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
8 September 2014Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
1 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
1 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 August 2002Misuse of fire by a minor2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orleans County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Murray: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc. 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
Mcnall QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Orleans County

Storms near this place

4 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Murray in 4 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2013Thunderstorm WindMurray$10,000Law enforcement reported trees down near Murray.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindMurray$5,000A tree was reported downed onto a car on North Main Street in Murray.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMurray$1,000Trees downed near Carton and Ridge Roads.
August 2024HailMurray-Quarter sized hail in Murray.

Every storm recorded in Orleans 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
Hulberton1.8 miles16
Brockville2.5 miles16
Fancher3.1 miles19
Holley3.4 miles19
Hinsburg3.5 miles16
Kendall3.7 miles16
West Kendall4.6 miles16
East Gaines4.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958189. 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.