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Attleborough City, Massachusetts

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Attleboro City. It lies in ZIP code area 02703. It stands on Walnut Grove Hill. The Survey maps it on the Attleboro quadrangle.

Attleborough City within Bristol County

Then and now

1887 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Attleborough City, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Attleborough City, surveyed 1887

Topographic sheets covering this place

36 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.

In the 1883 county history

2,670 words on this township

The county history of 1883 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Attleboro City covers the township.

Read the chapter on Attleboro City - 2,670 words.

Fires nearby

22 since 2008

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Attleborough City between 2008 and 2020, burning about 43 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/undetermined10
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism3
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
9 August 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
9 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
11 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
15 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
15 June 2016Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
14 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRhode Island Division of Forest Environmentnot named
3 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
23 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bristol County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 639 shown

Museums hold 639 specimens collected within 10 miles of Attleborough City between 1844 and 1975: 414 Plantae, 147 Animalia, 77 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A., A. A. Eaton, A. E. Sears and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
A photograph of the species Calla palustris, not of this specimenCalla palustris L.1844Thurber, G.
A photograph of the species Chamaecrista fasciculata, not of this specimenChamaecrista fasciculata (Michx.) Greene1846not recorded
A photograph of the species Apocynum cannabinum, not of this specimenApocynum cannabinum L.1855F. C. SeymourRehoboth
A photograph of the species Solidago latissimifolia, not of this specimenSolidago latissimifolia Mill.1867Collector unknown
A photograph of the species Carex austrina, not of this specimenCarex austrina Mack.1871S. T. OlneyFields Point, Providence
A photograph of the species Carex muehlenbergii, not of this specimenCarex muehlenbergii Willd.1871S. T. OlneyFields Point
A photograph of the species Carex muskingumensis, not of this specimenCarex muskingumensis Schwein.1871Collector unknown
A photograph of the species Carex swanii, not of this specimenCarex swanii (Fernald) Mack.1871Collector unknown
A photograph of the species Carex tribuloides, not of this specimenCarex tribuloides var. tribuloides1871S. T. Olney
A photograph of the species Carex virescens, not of this specimenCarex virescens Muhl. ex Willd.1871S. T. OlneyEast Providence
A photograph of the species Coreopsis rosea, not of this specimenCoreopsis rosea Nutt.1871T. C. Porter
A photograph of the species Solidago elliottii, not of this specimenSolidago elliottii Torr. & A.Gray1871Congdon, J.W.East Providence

All 639 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

9 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Attleborough City: 7 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
Adamsdale MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bishops Bend PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Courtois Sand and Gravel CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Del Soullier PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Del Soullier and SonsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Morse Co Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Morse Sand and Gravel CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
River Sand and Gravel CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bristol 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
Adamsdale1.1 miles36
South Attleboro1.3 miles36
Hebronville2.2 miles36
East Junction2.5 miles36
North Seekonk2.7 miles36
Camp Herbron2.8 miles36
Dodgeville2.8 miles36
Perrins Crossing3.1 miles36

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122556874The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 612034. 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.

Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.

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.