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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Camp Warwick, Massachusetts

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Warwick town. It lies in ZIP code area 01378. It stands on Mallard Hill. The Survey maps it on the Mount Grace quadrangle.

Camp Warwick within Franklin County

Then and now

1887 to 1990

The same ground, surveyed 103 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 Warwick, surveyed 1990
Topographic sheet of Camp Warwick, surveyed 1887

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

4 since 2004

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Camp Warwick between 2004 and 2020, burning about 4 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
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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
18 June 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
17 June 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
12 May 2016Smoking1.0 acresNew Hampshire Division of Forest and Landsnot named
10 April 2004Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresMassachussetts State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 356 shown

Museums hold 356 specimens collected within 10 miles of Camp Warwick between 1856 and 1974: 143 Animalia, 113 Fungi, 99 Plantae, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. M. Ottley, A. S. Goodale, S.F. Potsubay, F.R. St. John, A. S. Goodale, W.C. Markert 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 Dryopteris spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) WattDryopteris spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) Watt1896Leonard, F.E.Northfield, Mass.
A photograph of the species Pyxine sorediata, not of this specimenPyxine sorediata (Ach.) Mont.1856Charles C. Frost
A photograph of the species Microtus pennsylvanicus, not of this specimenMicrotus pennsylvanicus (Ord, 1815)1873not recordedNorthfield, Franklin County
A photograph of the species Microtus pinetorum, not of this specimenMicrotus pinetorum (Le Conte, 1830)1873not recordedNorthfield, Franklin County
A photograph of the species Teucrium canadense, not of this specimenTeucrium canadense var. canadense1873not recorded
A photograph of the species Calla palustris, not of this specimenCalla palustris L.1880G. H. LelandNorthfield Mountain
A photograph of the species Cetraria Ach., not of this specimenCetraria Ach., 18031881not recordedNorthfield
A photograph of the species Panax trifolius, not of this specimenPanax trifolius L.1882Collector unspecified
A photograph of the species Dryopteris intermedia, not of this specimenDryopteris intermedia (Muhl. ex Willd.) A.Gray1887Leonard, F.E.'The Glen', Northfield.
A photograph of the species Caliciopsis pinea, not of this specimenCaliciopsis pinea Peck1928Hansbrough J. R.Athol
A photograph of the species Corticium confluens, not of this specimenCorticium confluens (Fr.) Fr.1928Hansbrough J. R.Athol
A photograph of the species Diatrype stigma, not of this specimenDiatrype stigma (Hoffm.) Fr.1928Hansbrough J. R.Athol

All 356 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 19 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Camp Warwick: 8 occurrences, 5 past producers, 3 producers, 3 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Mica, Mica, Feldspar, Feldspar. 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
Talc QuarryTalc-SoapstoneProducerMetamorphic
Talc QuarryTalc-SoapstonePast Producer
Orange Mica MineMica, FeldsparOccurrence1940
Orange Mica MineMica, FeldsparOccurrence
Pegmatite QuarryMica, FeldsparOccurrencePegmatite
Pegmatite QuarryMica, FeldsparProducerPegmatite
Pegmatite QuarryMica, FeldsparPast Producer
Pegmatite QuarryMica, FeldsparPast Producer
Pegmatite QuarryMica, FeldsparPast Producer
Pegmetite QuarryMica, FeldsparProducerFeldspar, Mica

Every working 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
Mayo Corners1.1 miles34
Warwick1.6 miles34
Blissville2.9 miles34
North Orange5.3 miles34
Tully5.6 miles36
East Northfield6.4 miles36
Packard Heights6.5 miles36
Sky Farm6.8 miles36

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 Q122538806The 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 609490. 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.