Auburnville, Massachusetts
37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Whitman town. It lies in ZIP code area 02382. It stands on Leach Brook. The Survey maps it on the Whitman quadrangle.
Then and now
1885 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
37 sheetsMatched 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.
- 1885 USGS Abington quadrangle1:62500
- 1888 USGS Abington quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Abington quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Abington quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Abington quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Abington quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Abington quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Abington quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Abington quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Abington quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Abington quadrangle1:62500
- 1920 USGS Abington quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Whitman quadrangle1:24000
- 1941 USGS Whitman quadrangle1:31680
- 1941 USGS Whitman quadrangle1:31680
- 1941 USGS Whitman quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Whitman quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Whitman quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Whitman quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Whitman quadrangle1:25000
- 1977 USGS Whitman quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Whitman quadrangle1:25000
- 1977 USGS Whitman quadrangle1:25000
- 1984 USGS Provincetown quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Provincetown quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
494 since 2005The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 494 fires within 5 miles of Auburnville between 2005 and 2020, burning about 195 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 250 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 163 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 39 |
| Smoking | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | BROCKTON |
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | BROCKTON |
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | ABINGTON |
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | ABINGTON |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | BROCKTON |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | ABINGTON |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | HANOVER |
| 7 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | BROCKTON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 590 shownMuseums hold 590 specimens collected within 10 miles of Auburnville between 1857 and 1975: 253 Plantae, 208 Fungi, 127 Animalia, 1 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. A. Eaton, A. B. Seymour, A. Clark 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Chamberlainia salebrosa (Hoffm. ex F.Weber & D.Mohr) H.Rob. | 1857 | T. P. James | Randolph |
![]() | Rhynchospora macrostachya Torr. ex A.Gray | 1870 | Booth, W. | South Weymouth |
![]() | Myosotis laxa Lehm. | 1874 | H. G. Jesup | South Weymouth |
![]() | Spergularia salina J.Presl & C.Presl | 1874 | C. W. Healning | |
![]() | Dichelyma capillaceum (Dicks.) Myrin | 1878 | Piper | East Bridgewater |
![]() | Sabatia kennedyana Fernald | 1878 | not recorded | |
![]() | Dendroica petechia aestiva (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1899 | Arthur C. Dyke | Bridgewater |
| Glyceria fluitans (L.) R.Br. | 1899 | E. F. Williams | ||
| Lysimachia quadrifolia L. | 1899 | E. F. Williams | ||
| Resupinatus applicatus (Batsch) Gray | 1899 | M. V. Thayer | Holbrook. | |
![]() | Salix sericea Marshall | 1899 | E. F. Williams | |
| Tricholoma virgatum (Fr.) P.Kumm. | 1899 | M. V. Thayer |
All 590 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
5 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Auburnville: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgewater Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Brockton Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| F T Read and Sons | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Gerald Kelleher Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Studley Pond Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Abington | 1.5 miles | 37 | |
| Whitman | 1.7 miles | 37 | |
| Beaver | 1.7 miles | 37 | |
| Northville | 2.0 miles | 37 | |
| East Bridgewater | 2.5 miles | 37 | |
| Abington | 2.6 miles | 37 | |
| Matfield Junction | 2.7 miles | 37 | |
| Winslow Estates | 2.8 miles | 37 |
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 Q122557146 | The 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 613465. 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.












































