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Charlton, Massachusetts

42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Charlton town. It lies in ZIP code area 01507. It stands on Mugget Hill. The Survey maps it on the Leicester quadrangle.

Charlton within Worcester County

Then and now

1889 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Charlton, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Charlton, surveyed 1889

Topographic sheets covering this place

42 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

25 since 2016

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Charlton between 2016 and 2020, burning about 8 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 burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
24 July 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
16 July 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
25 June 2020Smokingunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
2 June 2020Smokingunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
19 June 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
6 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
19 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
19 May 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Worcester County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 584 shown

Museums hold 584 specimens collected within 10 miles of Charlton between 1850 and 1975: 272 Plantae, 212 Animalia, 94 Fungi, 3 Unrecorded, 2 Chromista, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. B. Seymour, A. F. Hill, H. St. John, G.S. Torrey, A. R. Hodgdon; L. B. Smith 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 Carex tenera var. teneraCarex tenera var. tenera1899R. M. Harper
A photograph of the species Cladonia cornucopioides, not of this specimenCladonia cornucopioides F.Wilson1850J. L. RussellLeicester
A photograph of the species Adiantum pedatum, not of this specimenAdiantum pedatum L.1866Collector(s): Elizabeth Emerson Atwater; Preparator(s): Alex LorenzLeicester
A photograph of the species Athyrium filix-femina, not of this specimenAthyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth1866Collector(s): Elizabeth Emerson Atwater; Preparator(s): Alex LorenzLeicester
A photograph of the species Dennstaedtia punctilobula, not of this specimenDennstaedtia punctilobula (Michx.) T.Moore1866Collector(s): Elizabeth Emerson Atwater; Preparator(s): Alex LorenzLeicester
A photograph of the species Uncinula salicis, not of this specimenUncinula salicis (DC.) G.Winter1880A.B. Seymour
A photograph of the species Bruchia flexuosa, not of this specimenBruchia flexuosa (Schwägr.) Müll.Hal.1881J. W. Huntington
Uromyces hyperici (Schwein.) M.A.Curtis1883A. B. SeymourGreenville
Nitella megacarpa (T.F.A.) R.D.W.1894G. E. SternLake Lashaway
A photograph of the species Cirsium muticum, not of this specimenCirsium muticum Michx.1897E. L. MorrisCharlton
A photograph of the species Juncus tenuis, not of this specimenJuncus tenuis Willd.1897E. L. MorrisCharlton
A photograph of the species Alyssum alyssoides, not of this specimenAlyssum alyssoides (L.) L.1899R. M. Harper

All 584 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

8 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Charlton: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Charlton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Old Webster Road PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Oxford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ricciardi Asphalt CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Robbins Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Scavone Construction CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Southbridge PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Town of SturbridgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Worcester County

Storms nearby

13 since 1998

The National Weather Service names Charlton in 13 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2006LightningCharlton$75,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindCharlton$30,000no account filed
July 2014Thunderstorm WindCharlton$10,000In Charlton, a downed tree blocked a portion of Route 169 near Berry Corner Road. Trees were also downed on School House Road by Sampson Road, on City Depot Road, Casey Road, and on North Sturbridge Road. In Auburn, a tree and wires were downed on Hampton Street which blocked the roadway.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindCharlton$10,000Trees and wires on Stafford Street were downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindCharlton$5,000Power lines at the intersection of Osgood and Ash Roads were downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindCharlton$2,000A tree was downed by thunderstorm winds partially blocking the breakdown lane of the Massachusetts Turnpike (Interstate 90) near the exit for Route 31.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindCharlton$1,000A six to eight inch diameter tree branch was downed onto Gauthier and Dresser Hill Roads by thunderstorm winds.
June 2023HailCharlton-At 322 PM EDT (222 PM EST), quarter size hail was reported by a NWS employee traveling on the Mass Pike in Charlton.
May 2014HailCharlton-Quarter size hail fell at the Charlton Service area on Interstate 90.
May 2014HailCharlton-Quarter size hail fell in the southern part of Charlton.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindCharlton-Two large trees blocking roads.
May 2009HailCharlton-no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindCharlton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Worcester 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
Morseville0.7 miles42
Charlton City1.2 miles42
Glen Grove Annex1.8 miles42
Glen Heights1.9 miles42
Northside2.2 miles42
Glen Grove2.4 miles42
Richardson Corners2.6 miles42
Charlton Depot2.6 miles42

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 610329. 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.