Campello, Massachusetts
39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Brockton City. It lies in ZIP code area 02301. It stands on French Brook. The Survey maps it on the Brockton quadrangle.
Then and now
1886 to 1989The 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 sheets covering this place
39 sheetsMatched 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.
- 1886 USGS Dedham quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Dedham quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Dedham quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Dedham quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Dedham quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Dedham quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Dedham quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Dedham quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Dedham quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Dedham quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Dedham quadrangle1:62500
- 1919 USGS Dedham quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Brockton quadrangle1:24000
- 1941 USGS Brockton quadrangle1:31680
- 1941 USGS Brockton quadrangle1:31680
- 1941 USGS Brockton quadrangle1:31680
- 1943 USGS Boston quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Brockton quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Brockton quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Brockton quadrangle1:25000
- 1975 USGS Brockton quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Brockton quadrangle1:25000
- 1985 USGS Boston quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Brockton quadrangle1:25000
- 1987 USGS Brockton quadrangle1:25000
- 1989 USGS Boston quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Boston quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
436 since 2004The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 436 fires within 5 miles of Campello between 2004 and 2020, burning about 187 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 220 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 142 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 35 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Natural | 5 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | BROCKTON |
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | BROCKTON |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | BROCKTON |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | ABINGTON |
| 7 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | BROCKTON |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | BROCKTON |
| 6 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 6 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 499 shownMuseums hold 499 specimens collected within 10 miles of Campello between 1857 and 1975: 199 Fungi, 181 Plantae, 117 Animalia, 1 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. A. Eaton, A. B. Seymour, 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Chamberlainia salebrosa (Hoffm. ex F.Weber & D.Mohr) H.Rob. | 1857 | T. P. James | Randolph |
![]() | Rhynchospora macrostachya Torr. ex A.Gray | 1870 | Booth, W. | South Weymouth |
![]() | Myosotis laxa Lehm. | 1874 | H. G. Jesup | South Weymouth |
![]() | Dichelyma capillaceum (Dicks.) Myrin | 1878 | Piper | East Bridgewater |
![]() | Setophaga discolor discolor (Vieillot, 1809) | 1880 | C. T. Snow | |
![]() | Thelia hirtella (Hedw.) Sull. | 1880 | Mrs. Piper | |
![]() | Fontinalis novae-angliae Sull. | 1883 | C. G. Pringle; Mrs. Piper | |
![]() | Phyllactinia guttata (Wallr.) Lév. | 1883 | A. B. Seymour | |
![]() | Dendroica petechia aestiva (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1899 | Arthur C. Dyke | Bridgewater |
| Glyceria fluitans (L.) R.Br. | 1899 | E. F. Williams | ||
| Lysimachia quadrifolia L. | 1899 | E. F. Williams | ||
| Resupinatus applicatus (Batsch) Gray | 1899 | M. V. Thayer | Holbrook. |
All 499 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
5 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Campello: 5 past producers. None of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Edward Sarni | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Brockton Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Brockton Sand & Gravel Company Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gerald Kelleher Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Klondyke Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms nearby
1 since 2023The National Weather Service names Campello in 1 storm report between 2023 and 2023: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Campello | $1,000 | In Brockton, wires and tree branches were downed on Coral St. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clifton Heights | 0.5 miles | 39 | |
| Brooks Place | 1.2 miles | 39 | |
| West Meadow | 1.5 miles | 39 | |
| Matfield Corner | 1.8 miles | 39 | |
| Matfield | 1.9 miles | 37 | |
| Brockton | 2.0 miles | 39 | |
| Manleys Corner | 2.2 miles | 39 | |
| Matfield Junction | 2.2 miles | 37 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 613055. 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.















































