Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Bay State, Massachusetts

42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Northampton City. It lies in ZIP code area 01062. It stands on Baker Hill. The Survey maps it on the Easthampton quadrangle.

Bay State within Hampshire County

Then and now

1885 to 1985

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 Bay State, surveyed 1985

Topographic sheet of Bay State, surveyed 1885

Topographic sheets covering this place

42 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 1898 county history

3,281 words on this township

The county history of 1898 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Northampton City covers the township.

Read the chapter on Northampton City - 3,281 words.

Fires nearby

86 since 2014

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Bay State between 2014 and 2020, burning about 72 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined	30
Equipment and vehicle use	21
Debris and open burning	14
Recreation and ceremony	9
Natural	7
Arson/incendiarism	5

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
7 September 2015	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control	not named
3 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control	not named
27 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control	not named
2 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control	not named
18 September 2020	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Sylvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge	MILL RV DIV MA-SCR #4
18 September 2020	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Sylvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge	MILL RV DIV MA-SCR #3
17 September 2020	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Sylvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge	MILL RV DIV MA-SCR #2
15 September 2020	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Sylvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge	MILL RV DIV MA-SCR #1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hampshire County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 6,141 shown

Museums hold 6,141 specimens collected within 10 miles of Bay State between 1781 and 1975: 3,156 Plantae, 1,544 Fungi, 1,235 Animalia, 134 Chromista, 62 Protozoa, 9 Unrecorded, 1 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A V Osmun, A., A. Albee 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.

Species	Year	Collected by	Where, as recorded
Cercospora violae Sacc.	1895	Ralph E. Smith	Hothouse, Mass. Agr. College, Amherst
Actias luna Linnaeus, 1758	1896	not recorded
Plathemis lydia (Drury, 1773)	1896	not recorded
Carex argyrantha Tuck. ex Dewey	1781	H. G. Jesup	Amherst in Hampshire Co., and Leverett in Franklin Co., Massachusetts. [Inferred counties from precise loc.]
Carex foenea Willd.	1781	H. G. Jesup	And Leverett
Ustilago nuda (C.N.Jensen) Kellerm. & Swingle	1810	J.E. Humphrey
Porella platyphylloidea (Schwein.) Lindb.	1822	Emmons	Norwich
Carex bromoides Willd.	1831	Collector unknown
Ranunculus ambigens S.Watson	1831	S. Shurtleff
Carex vesicaria L.	1836	Collector unknown
Carex vestita Willd.	1836	Collector unspecified
Kalmia angustifolia f. angustifolia	1838	L. DeWette	Northampton.

All 6,141 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 24 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Bay State: 12 producers, 12 past producers. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Brick Clay, Clay, Stone, Dimension, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Hatfield Lead Mine	Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer	Vein
Hatfield Lead Mine	Barium-Barite, Zinc, Lead	Producer	Barite, Galena, Sphalerite
Hatfield Lead Mine	Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Loudville Lead Mine	Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Barium-Barite	Producer	Barite, Galena
Loudville Mine	Barium-Barite, Lead, Silica, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Sandstone Quarry	Flagstone	Past Producer
Wzorek Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Granite Rock Quarry	Granite	Past Producer
Granite Rock Quarry	Granite	Past Producer
Bill Willard Inc	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary

Every working recorded in Hampshire County

Storms nearby

35 since 2008

The National Weather Service names Bay State in 35 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 23 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 5 flood, 2 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
August 2011	Flood	Bay State	$150,000	After receiving roughly four and a half inches of rain with Tropical Storm Irene, the Mill River flooded, closing the following roads: Meadow Street, Spring Street, and Reservoir Road.
September 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Bay State	$30,000	Trees and wires at the intersection of King Street and Trumbull Road were downed by thunderstorm winds. Trees and wires at the intersection of State and Summer Streets were downed by thunderstorm winds damaging a transformer.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Bay State	$25,000	Two power poles and high tension wires on Dimock Street were downed by thunderstorm winds.
May 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Bay State	$25,000	Trees and wires along Route 9 were downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Bay State	$20,000	Trees and wires on Route 9 and in the Leeds and Florence sections of town were downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Bay State	$15,000	Several large limbs on Damon Road and trees on Kearney Road were downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Bay State	$15,000	A tree was downed by thunderstorm winds onto a car on Walnut Street.
August 2017	Lightning	Bay State	$8,500	At 1012 PM EST, lightning brought down wires and set a pole on fire along South Main Street in the Florence portion of Northampton.
June 2025	Lightning	Bay State	$8,000	House fire due to lightning on Moser Rd.
August 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Bay State	$8,000	At 3 PM EST, a tree was brought down on wires at 17 Woodmont Road in Northampton. Also, a large tree was brought down on the Interstate 91 northbound lane at Exit 19. At 302 PM EST, multiple trees were brought down on Woodlawn Avenue and a large pine tree was brought down on Elm Street. At 310 PM EST, a tree was down and blocking the Jackson Street Bike Path.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Bay State	$5,000	In Northampton, a tree fell on a house in the Florence section.
September 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Bay State	$5,000	A tree was downed onto wires on Route 9.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Bay State	$5,000	Wires in the 400 block of South Street were downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Bay State	$5,000	A tree on Ryan Road in Northampton was downed onto a transformer by thunderstorm winds.
September 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Bay State	$5,000	A tree and wires on North King Street were downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Bay State	$5,000	Wires on Locust Street between Pine and Main Streets were downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Bay State	$3,000	At 547 PM EST, a tree was reported down on a house on North Maple Street in Northampton.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Bay State	$3,000	Tree down blocking a road.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Bay State	$3,000	A tree was blown by thunderstorm winds onto a house on Westhampton Road.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Bay State	$2,000	In Northampton in the Florence section of town, trees were down on both Ryan Road and on Maple Street.
August 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Bay State	$2,000	At 1012 PM EST, trees were reported down by wind on Sylvester Road and on Pine Street, both in Northampton.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Bay State	$1,000	A large limb was downed by thunderstorm winds onto wires.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Bay State	$1,000	A tree on King Street was downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Bay State	$800	In Northampton, a tree was down on wires... street not specified. Report per fire department and relayed by amateur radio.
April 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Bay State	$500	In Northampton, powerlines were down near Indian Hill Rd.
June 2025	Hail	Bay State	-	In Northampton there was quarter sized hail in the Florence section of town. Report relayed via amateur radio.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Bay State	-	In Northhampton, trees and wires were down on Spring Street.
January 2024	Flood	Bay State	-	In Northampton at 2:26 AM EST Elm St was closed between Nutting Ave and Milton St.
July 2023	Flood	Bay State	-	In Northampton, Meadow St was flooded and closed.
June 2020	Hail	Bay State	-	Half dollar size hail was reported in Northampton.
May 2017	Hail	Bay State	-	At 545 PM EST, dime size hail was reported in Northampton.
May 2017	Hail	Bay State	-	At 554 PM EST, nickel size hail was reported in Northampton.
August 2017	Flood	Bay State	-	At 214 PM EST, State Street in Northampton had between eight and twelve inches of flooding between Bedford Terrace and Summer Street. Several manhole covers came off due to flooding, including three on Elm Street near Childs Park and one on Old South Street. At 227 PM EST Jackson Street was flooded and impassable, with the water two feet deep on King Street near the Bluebonnet Diner. At 240 PM EST An underpass near North Street and Market Street was flooded and impassable.
February 2016	Flood	Bay State	-	Mill River overflowed its banks, resulting in flooding on Meadow Street in Leeds.
June 2008	Hail	Bay State	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hampshire 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Florence	1.0 miles	42
Northampton	1.2 miles	42
Pine Grove	1.5 miles	42
Laurel Park	2.8 miles	42
Leeds	2.8 miles	42
West Farms	2.9 miles	42
North Farms	3.0 miles	42
Mount Tom	3.5 miles	44

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 608705. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.