Baptist Village, Massachusetts
38 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in East Longmeadow town. It lies in ZIP code area 01028. The Survey maps it on the Hampden quadrangle.
Then and now
1887 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 98 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
38 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.
- 1887 USGS Palmer quadrangle1:62500
- 1889 USGS Palmer quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Palmer quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Palmer quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Palmer quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Palmer quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Palmer quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Palmer quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Palmer quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Palmer quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Palmer quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Ware quadrangle1:125000
- 1908 USGS Ware quadrangle1:125000
- 1919 USGS Palmer quadrangle1:62500
- 1939 USGS Hampden quadrangle1:31680
- 1940 USGS Hampden quadrangle1:31680
- 1940 USGS Hampden quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Hampden quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Ware quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Hampden quadrangle1:31680
- 1944 USGS Hampden quadrangle1:31680
- 1944 USGS Hampden quadrangle1:31680
- 1944 USGS Hampden quadrangle1:31680
- 1946 USGS Hampden quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hampden quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Hampden quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Hampden quadrangle1:25000
- 1958 USGS Hampden quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Hampden quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Hampden quadrangle1:25000
- 1985 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
138 since 2002The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Baptist Village between 2002 and 2020, burning about 180 acres in total. 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 57 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 40 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 20 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 17 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | MINNECHAUG MT FIRE |
| 17 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 16 September 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 13 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 9 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 8 August 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,256 shownMuseums hold 1,256 specimens collected within 10 miles of Baptist Village between 1845 and 1974: 499 Animalia, 447 Fungi, 281 Plantae, 16 Chromista, 13 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. B. Seymour, A. E. Kirk, A. M. & D. P. Rogers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Taphrina johansonii Sadeb. | 1894 | W.G. Farlow | |
![]() | Lygodium palmatum (Bernh.) Sw. | 1895 | Deane, Walter | East Longmeadow;;;; |
![]() | Polygonum pensylvanicum L. | 1897 | Morris,E.L. s.n. [1897-08] | [label: Flora of North America - Herbarium of E.L. Morris] Monson. Massachussets. Rubbish heaps |
![]() | Galeopsis tetrahit L. | 1845 | not recorded | |
![]() | Icterus galbula (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1857 | Collector(s): Joel Asaph Allen | Springfield |
![]() | Pipilo erythrophthalmus erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1857 | Collector(s): Joel Asaph Allen | Springfield |
![]() | Setophaga aestiva aestiva (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1857 | Collector(s): Joel Asaph Allen | Springfield |
![]() | Turdus migratorius migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 | 1857 | Collector(s): Joel Asaph Allen | Springfield |
![]() | Rhinichthys atratulus (Hermann, 1804) | 1859 | Wheatland, R.H. | Chicopee River, at Chicopee, Hampden County, Massachusetts; Locality according to historical catalogue: 'Chicopa River, Massachusetts'/erroneous, is Chicopee River, at Chicopee, Massachusetts (according to MCZ online fish catalogue). |
![]() | Rhododendron canadense (L.) Torr. | 1861 | not recorded | Chicopee |
![]() | Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe, 1802) | 1863 | Agassiz, Jean Louis Rodolphe | Agawam River, at Agawam, Hampden County, Massachusetts; Locality according to historical inventory: 'Agawan River'/is Agawam River, at Agawam, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (according to MCZ online fish database). |
| Alnus incana (L.) Moench | 1891 | unknown | Woods Hall. |
All 1,256 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
10 of 12 shownThe federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Baptist Village: 7 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Dimension, Flagstone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wilson-Siano Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Sandstone | |
| Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Sandstone | |
| Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Sandstone | |
| Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Sandstone | |
| Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Sandstone | |
| Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | 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 Longmeadow | 2.5 miles | 50 | |
| Hampden | 3.2 miles | 38 | |
| Mileoak Corner | 4.5 miles | 38 | |
| East Forest Park | 4.9 miles | 50 | |
| Sixteen Acres | 5.1 miles | 50 | |
| The X | 5.4 miles | 50 | |
| Wilbraham | 5.7 miles | 38 | |
| Pine Point | 5.9 miles | 50 |
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 Q122559885 | 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 609245. 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.
















































