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Berkley Bridge, Massachusetts

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Berkley town. It lies in ZIP code area 02779. It stands on Segreganset River. The Survey maps it on the Assonet quadrangle.

Berkley Bridge within Bristol 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 Berkley Bridge, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Berkley Bridge, surveyed 1885

Topographic sheets covering this place

34 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 1883 county history

28,738 words on this township

The county history of 1883 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Berkley Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on Berkley Town - 28,738 words.

Fires nearby

40 since 2015

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Berkley Bridge between 2015 and 2020, burning about 37 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/undetermined20
Debris and open burning13
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
6 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
3 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
1 August 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
21 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
21 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
20 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
17 July 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bristol County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,218 shown

Museums hold 1,218 specimens collected within 10 miles of Berkley Bridge between 1850 and 1975: 874 Animalia, 258 Plantae, 75 Fungi, 9 Chromista, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A E Schuyler, A. A. Eaton 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 Ranunculus bulbosus, not of this specimenRanunculus bulbosus L.1850not recorded
A photograph of the species Vitis labrusca, not of this specimenVitis labrusca L.1850not recorded
A photograph of the species Apocynum cannabinum, not of this specimenApocynum cannabinum L.1855F. C. SeymourRehoboth
A photograph of the species Astur Lacepède, not of this specimenAstur Lacepède, 17991860C. D. LincolnTaunton
A photograph of the species Carex panicea, not of this specimenCarex panicea L.1863J. H. Dean
A photograph of the species Carex L., not of this specimenCarex L.1864J. H. DeanTaunton.
A photograph of the species Carex vulpinoidea, not of this specimenCarex vulpinoidea Michx.1864J. H. Dean
A photograph of the species Chondrus crispus, not of this specimenChondrus crispus Stackhouse1874F. WolleFall River
A photograph of the species Ectocarpus littoralis, not of this specimenEctocarpus littoralis (L.) Lyngb.1874F. WolleFall River
A photograph of the species Ulva latissima, not of this specimenUlva latissima L.1874F. WolleFall River
A photograph of the species Chelidonium majus, not of this specimenChelidonium majus L.1875not recorded
A photograph of the species Lygodium palmatum, not of this specimenLygodium palmatum (Bernh.) Sw.1875not recorded

All 1,218 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

9 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Berkley Bridge: 4 past producers, 4 producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. 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
Assonet Sand and Gravel CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
East Freetown Pit & Assonet PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Freetown Development Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
King Trucking PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lanzisera PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mc Cabe Sand and Gravel CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Mccabe Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Mccabe Sand and Gravel Company PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Randy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bristol 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
Segreganset0.4 miles34
Berkley1.5 miles34
Camp Welch1.5 miles34
Dighton1.5 miles34
Chestnut Tree Corner2.0 miles33
Old Town Landing2.2 miles34
North Dighton2.3 miles34
Assonet Bay Shores2.7 miles34

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 617556. 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.