Morse Farm

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1898.

From the record

“Morse Farm is a historic farm property located in the village of Moravia in Cayuga County, New York. Its main building is a two-story, frame Federal style farmhouse.”
Wikipedia article Morse Farm (Moravia, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 71 National Register listings published here for Cayuga County · listed in 1995 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

Address. 53 S. Main St., Moravia, 13118
When was it listed? February 1995
Category. building
Also known as. Moravia MPS
Town. Moravia town
National Register reference number. 95000067 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

39 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Morse Farm between 2002 and 2020, burning about 39 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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	18
Debris and open burning	8
Arson/incendiarism	6
Natural	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Smoking	2

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
27 September 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
14 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
29 August 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
13 August 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
15 July 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
1 July 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Every fire recorded in Cayuga County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Morse Farm: 2 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Scipio-O'Toole Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Town of Locke Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Town of Locke Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Venice-O'Toole Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Cayuga County

Storms near this property

30 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moravia, the town this property stands in, in 30 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 21 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 3 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
April 2020	Flash Flood	Moravia	$500,000	Water rapidly rushed through Moravia, NY along Mill Creek and into the Owasco Lake Inlet. A dozen structures in the heart of the village experienced minor to moderate flood damage. One structure was heavily damaged by flooding. The Owasco Inlet crested at 9.44 feet which was near record flooding.
October 2021	Flash Flood	Moravia	$150,000	Flash flooding along Mill Creek inundated several roads and homes.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Moravia	$100,000	Thunderstorm winds did extensive damage in a small area on Oak Hill Road in Moravia. The damage was thought to be due to a microburst. The winds took the roof off a large barn extension, collapsed a 70 foot tall grain elevator, and downed trees. Other trees were downed on Rockefeller Road.
October 2021	Flash Flood	Moravia	$50,000	Significant flooding along Owasco Inlet and in the Village of Moravia occurred. Water was deep across West Cayuga Street.
July 2017	Flash Flood	Moravia	$20,000	Numerous roads were flooded throughout Moravia.
August 2004	Flash Flood	Moravia	$20,000	Heavy rain caused flash flooding. The rain caused road washouts. Owasco inlet went over its banks and flooded roadways. Other creeks out of their banks and flooding roadways. Rainfall amounts were 2 to 4 inches.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Moravia	$15,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Moravia	$5,000	A severe thunderstorm produced severe winds as it moved across the area. The thunderstorm resulted in trees being knocked over at Fillmore Glen State Park.
August 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Moravia	$5,000	A severe thunderstorm produced severe winds as it moved across the area. The thunderstorm resulted in a trees being knocked over and wires being knocked down in the area. Around two thousand customers were without power due to this storm.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Moravia	$5,000	Power poles were blown down across Glen Cove Road.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Moravia	$5,000	no account filed
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Moravia	$4,000	A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over a large tree, several large branches and power lines on the ground.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Moravia	$3,000	A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over trees and power lines.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Moravia	$3,000	A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over a tree that fell onto a road. This tree being knocked over directly caused windows to be blown out of a residential structure.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Moravia	$3,000	Trees and wires were blown down.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Moravia	$2,500	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Moravia	$2,000	A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked down wires which landed in the roadway.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Moravia	$2,000	Trees and wires were blown down.
July 2006	Flash Flood	Moravia	$2,000	Heavy rain from slow moving thunderstorms caused several small streams and creaks to overflow their banks.
May 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Moravia	$1,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees blocking the road.
June 2017	Hail	Moravia	$1,000	A thunderstorm developed over the area and produced quarter sized hail.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Moravia	$1,000	A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over a tree which blocked the road in the vicinity of Fillmore Glenn State Park.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Moravia	$1,000	A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm resulted in two trees being knocked over in the town of Moravia.
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Moravia	$1,000	no account filed
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Moravia	$1,000	no account filed
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Moravia	-	Thunderstorm wind gust measured by a SKYWARN spotter.
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Moravia	-	Half inch diameter hail was reported by a SKYWARN spotter.
October 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Moravia	-	Newspaper reports indicate that small hail occurred during a thunderstorm in Moravia.
May 2013	Hail	Moravia	-	no account filed
June 2006	Hail	Moravia	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cayuga County

Maps showing this location

11 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

1898 USGS Moravia quadrangle1:62500
1902 USGS Moravia quadrangle1:62500 - 7 printings
1943 USGS Moravia quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1943 USGS Moravia quadrangle1:31680
1949 USGS Moravia quadrangle1:25000
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 Moravia quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1986 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
Tuthill-Green House	0.1 miles	1995
House at 46 South Main Street	0.1 miles	1995
House at 36 South Main Street	0.2 miles	1995
Church Street-Congress Street Historic District	0.3 miles	1994
Moravia Union Cemetery	0.3 miles	1995
John McGeer House	0.3 miles	1995

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 95000067 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Cayuga County	All 71 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
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.