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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.

Babbatasset Village within Middlesex County

Then and now

1893 to 1988

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Babbatasset Village, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Babbatasset Village, surveyed 1893

Compare 1893 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

39 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 1908 county history

24,897 words on this township

The 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 2014

The 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 burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
26 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
23 July 2016Recreation and ceremony1.3 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlANDOVER
2 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Hampshire Division of Forest and Landsnot named
26 June 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
11 June 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
8 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
8 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
8 May 2015Smokingunder an acreNew Hampshire Division of Forest and Landsnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Middlesex County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 185 shown

Museums 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
A photograph of the species Pholiota carbonaria, not of this specimenPholiota carbonaria (Fr.) Singer1900H. WebsterGroton.
unnamed1926F.A. Gilbert
A photograph of the species Anavitrinella pampinaria, not of this specimenAnavitrinella pampinaria (Guenée, 1857)1926not recordedLunenburg
A photograph of the species Arcyria cinerea, not of this specimenArcyria cinerea (Bull.) Pers., 18011926Collector unspecified
A photograph of the species Arcyria denudata, not of this specimenArcyria denudata (L.) Wettst., 18861926F.A. Gilbert
A photograph of the species Alopecurus aequalis, not of this specimenAlopecurus aequalis Sobol.1930M. L. Fernald; C. A. Weatherby
A photograph of the species Epitheca cynosura, not of this specimenEpitheca cynosura (Say, 1840)1930Davis, E. M.MA, Middlesex Co., Shirley
A photograph of the species Hemaris thysbe, not of this specimenHemaris thysbe Fabricius, 17751930not recordedLunenburg
A photograph of the species Coccyzus erythropthalmus, not of this specimenCoccyzus erythropthalmus (A.Wilson, 1811)1950Collector(s): James Lee PetersGroton
A photograph of the species Cladara atroliturata, not of this specimenCladara atroliturata (Walker, 1862)1974not recordedDunstable
A photograph of the species Crematogaster Lund, not of this specimenCrematogaster Lund, 18311974E. V. GreggWayside park, 6 mi E of Los Fresnos
A photograph of the species Hybomitra cincta, not of this specimenHybomitra cincta (Fabricius, 1794)1974not recordedDunstable, Westford St

All 185 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 within 5 miles

The 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Adams Excavating CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Black PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Harbor PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
J L Construction CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Pepperell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Seven Oaks PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Seven Oaks Sand and Gravel CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Sharon Contracting TcSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Tacey PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Tenney Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Middlesex 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
East Pepperell0.3 miles39
Pepperell0.5 miles39
Four Corners0.5 miles39
Hovey Corner1.5 miles39
Burkinshaws Factory1.8 miles39
North Pepperell1.9 miles39
South Pepperell2.2 miles39
Paper Mill Village3.0 miles39

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 Q122571187The 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.