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Camp Taconic, Massachusetts

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Hinsdale town. It lies in ZIP code area 01235. It stands on Barret Hill. The Survey maps it on the Peru quadrangle.

Camp Taconic within Berkshire County

Then and now

1886 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 111 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 Taconic, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Camp Taconic, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

37 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

12 since 2015

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Camp Taconic between 2015 and 2017, burning about 7 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 burning9
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
29 August 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
3 May 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
15 May 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
1 May 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
21 April 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
20 April 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
17 April 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
16 April 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Berkshire County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,001 shown

Museums hold 1,001 specimens collected within 10 miles of Camp Taconic between 1835 and 1975: 459 Animalia, 337 Plantae, 199 Fungi, 6 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A K Harrison, A. K. Harrison, A. K. Harrison, Florence 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 Bombus ternarius Say, 1837Bombus ternarius Say, 18371898[Not Stated]Hinsdale
A photograph of the species Persicaria amphibia, not of this specimenPersicaria amphibia (L.) Delarbre1835C. A. ShurtleffPittsfield
A photograph of the species Solidago patula, not of this specimenSolidago patula Muhl. ex Willd.1858Brewer; Chickering
A photograph of the species Homalia jamesii, not of this specimenHomalia jamesii Schimp.1867unknownWaconah Falls State Park
A photograph of the species Homalia trichomanoides, not of this specimenHomalia trichomanoides (Hedw.) Schimp.1867E. C. Howe
A photograph of the species Potentilla fruticosa, not of this specimenPotentilla fruticosa L.1868Redfield, J.H.Pittsfield
A photograph of the species Carex communis, not of this specimenCarex communis var. communis1874J. H. RedfieldBorders of woods, Pittsfield. [Inferred county from precise loc.]
A photograph of the species Euphorbia cyparissias, not of this specimenEuphorbia cyparissias L.1874Redfield, John H.Pittsfield; [illegible].
A photograph of the species Dichelyma capillaceum, not of this specimenDichelyma capillaceum (Dicks.) Myrin1875N. Coleman
A photograph of the species Procyon lotor, not of this specimenProcyon lotor lotor (Linnaeus, 1758)1876B. PatrickPittsfield. Canoe Meadows
A photograph of the species Claytonia caroliniana, not of this specimenClaytonia caroliniana Michx.1899Collector unspecified on labelBetween Pittsfield of Hancock.
A photograph of the species Ramularia barbareae, not of this specimenRamularia barbareae Peck1899Bessey Ernst A.Pittsfield near

All 1,001 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

5 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Camp Taconic: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Asbestos. 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
Hinsdale PitAsbestosProducer
Dalton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dalton Pit /Genrl Sand & StoneSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dalton PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Donovan Blacktop Service IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Berkshire 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
Camp Ashmere0.9 miles37
Camp Lenore0.9 miles37
Camp Danbee1.1 miles37
Beechwood Estates1.9 miles37
Hinsdale2.1 miles37
Camp Wyoma2.5 miles37
Peru2.6 miles37
Camp Emerson2.6 miles37

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122540238The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 607961. 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.