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Camp Edwards, Massachusetts

40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Sandwich town. It lies in ZIP code area 02542. The Survey maps it on the Pocasset quadrangle.

Camp Edwards within Barnstable County

Then and now

1886 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 108 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Camp Edwards, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Camp Edwards, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

40 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 1890 county history

36 words on this township

The county history of 1890 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Sandwich Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on Sandwich Town - 36 words.

Photographs

1 photograph, 1942

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Camp Edwards, Massachusetts. This "asparagus patch," consisting of pine logs stuck in the ground, is an obstacle that looks easy but in reality is a backbreaker. Men must be able to crawl for some distance, twisting and turning like a snake, to complete this course, for the logs are set in a straight line
Camp Edwards, Massachusetts. This "asparagus patch," consisting of pine logs stuck in the ground, is an obstacle that looks easy but in reality is a backbreaker. Men must be able to crawl for some distance, twisting and turning like a snake, to complete this course, for the logs are set in a straight line
Unattributed, 1942. Library of Congress

Fires nearby

101 since 2001

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Camp Edwards between 2001 and 2020, burning about 174 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined49
Debris and open burning16
Arson/incendiarism16
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking6
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1

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
5 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control2746
4 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachussetts State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
2 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
2 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
2 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
18 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachussetts State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
10 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMassachussetts State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
1 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachussetts State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barnstable County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 3,524 shown

Museums hold 3,524 specimens collected within 10 miles of Camp Edwards between 1791 and 1975: 1,817 Animalia, 1,217 Plantae, 297 Fungi, 141 Chromista, 37 Bacteria, 8 Protozoa, 7 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. B. Harvey, A. B. Seymour, A. C. Mathieson 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 Uromyces lineolatus (Desm.) J.Schröt.Uromyces lineolatus (Desm.) J.Schröt.1900W. G. Farlow
A photograph of the species Drosera filiformis, not of this specimenDrosera filiformis var. filiformis1791not recorded
A photograph of the species Cistus L., not of this specimenCistus L.1816Boott, F.M.Sandwich, Massts. [=Sandwich, Massachusetts].
Lythraceae1816Boott, J.W.Sandwich, Mass'ts. | [On reverse of sheet:] From Sandwich, Mass'ts U.S.A. [=From Sandwich, Massachusetts, U.S.A.]
A photograph of the species Malva neglecta, not of this specimenMalva neglecta Wallr.1816Boott, J.W.Sandwich. Mass.tts.
A photograph of the species Polysiphonia fibrata, not of this specimenPolysiphonia fibrata (Dillwyn) Harvey1844Collector unknown
A photograph of the species Ulva clathrata, not of this specimenUlva clathrata (Roth) C.Agardh1852G. W. Perry
A photograph of the species Brevoortia tyrannus, not of this specimenBrevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe, 1802)1860Harvard MuseumWaquoit
A photograph of the species Prionotus palmipes, not of this specimenPrionotus palmipes (Mitchill, 1815)1860Harvard MuseumWaguoit
A photograph of the species Esox niger, not of this specimenEsox niger Lesueur, 18181871Agassiz, Jean Louis RodolpheWaquoit/Waqouit Bay, Massachusetts
A photograph of the species Nereis megalops, not of this specimenNereis megalops (Verrill, 1873)1871Verrill, A. E.Falmouth. Waquoit Pond
A photograph of the species Nereis pelagica, not of this specimenNereis pelagica Linnaeus, 17581871Verrill, A. E.Falmouth. Waquoit Pond

All 3,524 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Camp Edwards: 6 producers, 4 past producers. 6 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
Byrne Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Campanella CorpSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Falmouth Concrete PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Falmouth PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Forestdale Pit & Plant TilconSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hyannis Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Lawrence Lynch CorpSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Lawrence Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Moniz Crushing Co Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Moniz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Barnstable 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
Hatchville2.2 miles40
Forestdale3.4 miles36
Mashpee3.4 miles34
South Pocasset3.6 miles40
Cataumet Station3.7 miles40
North Falmouth Station3.8 miles40
Wakeby4.0 miles36
Amrita4.0 miles40

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 617292. 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.