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Briggs Corner, Massachusetts

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Attleboro City. It lies in ZIP code area 02703. It stands on Oak Hill. The Survey maps it on the Attleboro quadrangle.

Briggs Corner within Bristol County

Then and now

1887 to 1987

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 Briggs Corner, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Briggs Corner, surveyed 1887

Topographic sheets covering this place

36 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 county-history sources

2,670 words on this township

A History of Bristol County, Massachusetts (Vol. 2), published 1924 names this settlement in its chapter on Attleboro City. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

It was during 1918, that the city purchased that portion of the track and fixtures of the Taunton and Pawtucket street railway between Attleboro and Briggs Corner, and entered into an agreement with the Inter- . state Consolidated Street Railway Company to operate the line on a cost basis. This year an Ahrens-Fox combination hose and pump engine was added to the equipment of the fire department. The health department during the period of the epidemic this year divided the city into six districts, with Mrs. Helen M. Cummings in full charge of all nurses and volunteer aids. Every doctor in town worked to the limit of his capacity, aided by volunteer nurses and general helpers, the Sturdy Memorial Hospital and the diet kitchen. Mrs. Cummings, as head of the Attleboro nursing committee, performed a wonderful work, assisted throughout the disaster by scores of valiant men and women. On March 9 this year, occurred the fire that destroyed part of the Odd Fellows' building and the Sun plant, with loss of $125,000.

Passage source: A History of Bristol County, Massachusetts (Vol. 2), published 1924.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Attleboro City.

Fires near this place

31 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Briggs Corner between 2015 and 2020, burning about 43 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Debris and open burning6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
21 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
12 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlPLAINVILLE
9 August 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
9 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
11 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
10 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
10 August 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
15 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bristol County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 1,106 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,106 specimens collected within 10 miles of Briggs Corner between 1844 and 1975: 509 Plantae, 498 Animalia, 95 Fungi, 3 Chromista, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A., 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 Calla palustris, not of this specimenCalla palustris L.1844Thurber, G.
A photograph of the species Chamaecrista fasciculata, not of this specimenChamaecrista fasciculata (Michx.) Greene1846not 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 Solidago latissimifolia, not of this specimenSolidago latissimifolia Mill.1867Collector unknown
A photograph of the species Carex muskingumensis, not of this specimenCarex muskingumensis Schwein.1871Collector unknown
A photograph of the species Carex swanii, not of this specimenCarex swanii (Fernald) Mack.1871Collector unknown
A photograph of the species Carex tribuloides, not of this specimenCarex tribuloides var. tribuloides1871S. T. Olney
A photograph of the species Carex virescens, not of this specimenCarex virescens Muhl. ex Willd.1871S. T. OlneyEast Providence

All 1,106 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Briggs Corner: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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
Allen R. Nelson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gary Nelson Excavating CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Morse Co Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Morse Sand and Gravel CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Sand and Gravel 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
Dodgeville2.1 miles36
Camp Herbron2.2 miles36
North Rehoboth2.2 miles33
East Junction2.6 miles36
Attleboro2.6 miles36
Chartley3.1 miles33
Hebronville3.3 miles36
Perryville3.5 miles37

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 612041. 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.