Cedarwood, Massachusetts
46 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Waltham City. It lies in ZIP code area 02453. It stands on Reservoir Hill. The Survey maps it on the Natick 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
46 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 Framingham quadrangle1:62500
- 1889 USGS Framingham quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Framingham quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Framingham quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Framingham quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Framingham quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Framingham quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Framingham quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Framingham quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Framingham quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Framingham quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Framingham quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Framingham quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Framingham quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Framingham quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Boston quadrangle1:125000
- 1943 USGS Natick quadrangle1:31680
- 1943 USGS Natick quadrangle1:31680
- 1943 USGS Natick quadrangle1:31680
- 1943 USGS Natick quadrangle1:31680
- 1943 USGS Natick quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Natick quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Natick quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Natick quadrangle1:31680
- 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
- 1958 USGS Natick quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Natick quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Natick quadrangle1:24000
- 1970 USGS Natick quadrangle1:25000
- 1977 USGS Natick quadrangle1:25000
- 1985 USGS Boston quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Framingham quadrangle1:25000
- 1987 USGS Framingham quadrangle1:25000
- 1989 USGS Boston quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Boston quadrangle1:100000
In the 1908 county history
74,798 words on this townshipThe county history of 1908 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Waltham City covers the township.
Read the chapter on Waltham City - 74,798 words.
Fires nearby
67 since 2015The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Cedarwood between 2015 and 2020, burning about 38 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/undetermined | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 5 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 4 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 3 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 23 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | WELLESLEY |
| 21 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | NEEDHAM |
| 1 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | WELLESLEY |
| 2 August 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | NEEDHAM |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 2,325 shownMuseums hold 2,325 specimens collected within 10 miles of Cedarwood between 1898 and 1975: 1,162 Animalia, 668 Plantae, 434 Fungi, 29 Protozoa, 13 Bacteria, 10 Chromista, 9 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A B Seymour, A. B. Seymour 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Corvus brachyrhynchos brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 | 1900 | not recorded | Wayland |
![]() | Trientalis borealis Raf. | 1900 | A. P. Chute | |
| Aglaospora profusa (Fr.) De Not. | 1898 | Collector unspecified | ||
![]() | Antennaria howellii subsp. canadensis (Greene) R.J.Bayer | 1898 | Williams, E.F. | |
![]() | Antennaria parlinii subsp. fallax (Greene) R.J.Bayer & Stebbins | 1898 | not recorded | |
![]() | Antennaria plantaginifolia (L.) Hook. | 1898 | not recorded | |
![]() | Aquilegia canadensis L. | 1898 | M. I. Gunn | Natick |
![]() | Acanthis flammea flammea (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1900 | ZAPPEY, W R | ROSLINDALE |
![]() | Acer carpinifolium Siebold & Zucc. | 1900 | A. K. Harrison | Harvard Botanic Garden, Cambridge. |
![]() | Acer palmatum var. dissectum (Thunb.) Miq. | 1900 | A. K. Harrison | Harvard Botanic Garden, Cambridge. |
![]() | Agaricus brunnescens Peck | 1900 | Morris, G. E. | Waltham |
![]() | Alnus incana subsp. rugosa (Du Roi) R.T.Clausen | 1900 | J. Murdoch, Jr. | Roxbury |
All 2,325 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
7 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Cedarwood: 5 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nrc Inc--Newton, Ma. | Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium) | Plant | ||
| Massachusetts Broken Stone Co | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Weston Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Burton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pepperell Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Town of Wellesley | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Town of Wellesley | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverview | 1.0 miles | 46 | |
| Kendal Green | 1.2 miles | 48 | |
| Waltham Highlands | 1.2 miles | 46 | |
| Waltham | 1.5 miles | 46 | |
| Weston Station | 1.6 miles | 46 | |
| Prospectville | 1.7 miles | 48 | |
| Auburndale | 1.8 miles | 46 | |
| Hastings | 1.8 miles | 48 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 611903. 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.
























































