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Burkville, Massachusetts

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Conway town. It lies in ZIP code area 01341. It stands on Johnny Bean Brook. The Survey maps it on the Shelburne Falls quadrangle.

Burkville within Franklin County

Then and now

1890 to 1990

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 Burkville, surveyed 1990
Topographic sheet of Burkville, surveyed 1890

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.

Fires nearby

15 since 2003

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Burkville between 2003 and 2020, burning about 41 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 burning10
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
31 July 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
21 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlMATHEWS RIDGE FIRE
17 May 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
28 April 2003Debris and open burning5.0 acresMassachussetts State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
15 April 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
15 April 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
9 March 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
8 March 2020Debris and open burning2.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 3,494 shown

Museums hold 3,494 specimens collected within 10 miles of Burkville between 1822 and 1975: 1,684 Plantae, 1,031 Fungi, 739 Animalia, 30 Protozoa, 5 Unrecorded, 5 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A V Osmun, A., A. Clark 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
Specimen of Buellia disciformis (Fr.) MuddBuellia disciformis (Fr.) Mudd1900George P. ClintonHammond Pond
Specimen of Cardamine diphylla (Michx.) A.W.WoodCardamine diphylla (Michx.) A.W.Wood1900F. F. Forbes
A photograph of the species Ptilidium pulcherrimum, not of this specimenPtilidium pulcherrimum (Weber) Hampe1822Ebenezer Emmons
A photograph of the species Carex pauciflora, not of this specimenCarex pauciflora Lightf.1825Collector unspecifiedAshfield. [Inferred county from precise loc.]
A photograph of the species Cinna latifolia, not of this specimenCinna latifolia (Trevir. ex Göpp.) Griseb.1847Russell
A photograph of the species Veratrum viride, not of this specimenVeratrum viride subsp. viride1847not recordedBrunswick and Goshen
unnamed (fossil)1867Othniel C. Marshblack sh, [property of T.M. Stoughton, 1871 Beers County map, previously owned by Dr. Roswell Field], S side of Connecticut River, Horse Race, Montague
A photograph of the species Mormolucoides articulatus, not of this specimenMormolucoides articulatus Hitchcock, 1858 (fossil)1867Othniel C. Marshblack sh, [property of T.M. Stoughton, 1871 Beers County map, previously owned by Dr. Roswell Field], S side of Connecticut River, Horse Race, Montague
A photograph of the species Carex pedunculata, not of this specimenCarex pedunculata Muhl. ex Willd.1892J. R. ChurchillMount Toby
A photograph of the species Carex prasina, not of this specimenCarex prasina Wahlenb.1892J. R. ChurchillMontague
A photograph of the species Carex torta, not of this specimenCarex torta Boott1892J. R. ChurchillMontague
A photograph of the species Hedeoma pulegioides, not of this specimenHedeoma pulegioides (L.) Pers.1892not recordedMt. Toby

All 3,494 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 17 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Burkville: 7 occurrences, 6 prospects, 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Silver, Lead, Silver, Barium-Barite. 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
Southeast Conway Manganese ProspectManganeseProspect
Whately - Conway Lead VeinsSilver, LeadOccurrenceGalena
Limestone - Marble QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducer
Limestone - Marble QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerMarble
Limestone-Marble QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Limestone-Marble QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Southwest Deerfield Barite OccurrenBarium-BariteOccurrence
Southwest Deerfield Barite Vein OccurrenceBarium-BariteOccurrenceBarite
Southeast of West Whately Galena VeinLead, SilverOccurrenceGalena
Unnamed ProspectLead, SilverOccurrenceGalena

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms nearby

11 since 2015

The National Weather Service names Burkville in 11 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 6 flash flood, 5 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2015Thunderstorm WindBurkville$25,000A microburst occurred in Conway with a maximum speed of 80 mph. The most intense damage occurred near Bent Nail Road, just south of the Deerfield River. Several large trees were snapped mid-way up. A small shed was destroyed and there was minor damage to a home.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindBurkville$15,000Multiple trees and wires on North Poland Road were downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindBurkville$1,500At 4:42 PM EST, a tree and wires were down on Shelburne Falls Road in Conway.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindBurkville$500In Conway, a tree was down on Baptist Hill Road.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBurkville$300In Conway, a tree fell down on wires near Shelburne Falls Rd.
July 2023Flash FloodBurkville-In Conway, there was a flooded basement on Maple St with 2 feet of water and rising.
July 2023Flash FloodBurkville-In Conway, there was a flooded basement on River St.
July 2023Flash FloodBurkville-In Conway, the South River was overflowing its banks and flooded Rt 116, starting to wash out the road.
July 2023Flash FloodBurkville-In Conway, Adams Rd was washed out.
July 2023Flash FloodBurkville-In Conway, downtown was flooded up through the first floor of buildings.
July 2023Flash FloodBurkville-In Conway, there was significant flooding of Upper Baptist Rd and runoff was flowing into a residence.

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
Conway0.7 miles34
Roaring Brook Camp2.9 miles42
Shirkshire3.2 miles34
South Ashfield3.4 miles32
Beldingville3.7 miles32
Mill River3.8 miles34
Bardwell3.9 miles34
Baptist Corner4.1 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 608548. 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.