Babbatasset Village, Massachusetts
39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1988. It stands in Pepperell town. It lies in ZIP code area 01463. It stands on Varnum Brook. The Survey maps it on the Pepperell quadrangle.
Then and now
1893 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1893 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
39 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.
- 1893 USGS Groton quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Groton quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Groton quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Groton quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Groton quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Groton quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Groton quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Groton quadrangle1:62500
- 1931 USGS Groton quadrangle1:48000
- 1935 USGS Groton quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Groton quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Groton quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Groton quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Fitchburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Pepperell quadrangle1:31680
- 1944 USGS Pepperell quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Pepperell quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Pepperell quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Pepperell quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Pepperell 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
- 1965 USGS Pepperell quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Pepperell quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Pepperell quadrangle1:25000
- 1984 USGS Lowell quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Lowell quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Lowell quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Townsend quadrangle1:25000
In the 1908 county history
24,897 words on this townshipThe county history of 1908 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Pepperell Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Pepperell Town - 24,897 words.
Fires nearby
29 since 2014The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Babbatasset Village between 2014 and 2020, burning about 11 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 23 July 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.3 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | ANDOVER |
| 2 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Hampshire Division of Forest and Lands | not named |
| 26 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 11 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 8 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 8 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 8 May 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | New Hampshire Division of Forest and Lands | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 185 shownMuseums hold 185 specimens collected within 10 miles of Babbatasset Village between 1900 and 1975: 66 Animalia, 62 Protozoa, 28 Plantae, 24 Fungi, 4 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. F. Newton, A. F. Newton, M. K. Thayer, A. K. Moore 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Pholiota carbonaria (Fr.) Singer | 1900 | H. Webster | Groton. |
| unnamed | 1926 | F.A. Gilbert | ||
![]() | Anavitrinella pampinaria (Guenée, 1857) | 1926 | not recorded | Lunenburg |
![]() | Arcyria cinerea (Bull.) Pers., 1801 | 1926 | Collector unspecified | |
![]() | Arcyria denudata (L.) Wettst., 1886 | 1926 | F.A. Gilbert | |
![]() | Alopecurus aequalis Sobol. | 1930 | M. L. Fernald; C. A. Weatherby | |
![]() | Epitheca cynosura (Say, 1840) | 1930 | Davis, E. M. | MA, Middlesex Co., Shirley |
![]() | Hemaris thysbe Fabricius, 1775 | 1930 | not recorded | Lunenburg |
![]() | Coccyzus erythropthalmus (A.Wilson, 1811) | 1950 | Collector(s): James Lee Peters | Groton |
![]() | Cladara atroliturata (Walker, 1862) | 1974 | not recorded | Dunstable |
![]() | Crematogaster Lund, 1831 | 1974 | E. V. Gregg | Wayside park, 6 mi E of Los Fresnos |
![]() | Hybomitra cincta (Fabricius, 1794) | 1974 | not recorded | Dunstable, Westford St |
All 185 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
10 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Babbatasset Village: 10 past producers. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Excavating Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Black Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Harbor Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| J L Construction Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Pepperell Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Seven Oaks Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Seven Oaks Sand and Gravel Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Sharon Contracting Tc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Tacey Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Tenney Street 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Pepperell | 0.3 miles | 39 | |
| Pepperell | 0.5 miles | 39 | |
| Four Corners | 0.5 miles | 39 | |
| Hovey Corner | 1.5 miles | 39 | |
| Burkinshaws Factory | 1.8 miles | 39 | |
| North Pepperell | 1.9 miles | 39 | |
| South Pepperell | 2.2 miles | 39 | |
| Paper Mill Village | 3.0 miles | 39 |
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 Q122571187 | 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 617077. 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.

















































