Chaseville, Massachusetts
42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Dudley town. It lies in ZIP code area 01571. It stands on Potash Brook. The Survey maps it on the Webster quadrangle.
Then and now
1889 to 1989The 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.


On record in Chaseville
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 6 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Stevens Linen Works Historic Districtlisted 2010 · 0.6 miles away
District Five Schoolhouselisted 1991 · 0.7 miles away
Shumway Blocklisted 1980 · 0.8 miles away
Eddy Blocklisted 1980 · 0.8 miles away
Spaulding Blocklisted 1980 · 0.8 miles away
Main Street Historic Districtlisted 1982 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
18 surveys from 42 printed 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.
- 1889 USGS Webster quadrangle1:62500
- 1892 USGS Webster quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1908 USGS Quinsigamond quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1921 USGS Webster quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Quinsigamond quadrangle1:125000
- 1945 USGS Webster quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Webster quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Webster quadrangle1:31680
- 1956 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Webster quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1969 USGS Webster quadrangle1:25000
- 1975 USGS Webster quadrangle1:25000
- 1982 USGS Webster quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Boston quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Boston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
7,816 words on this townshipHistory of Worcester County, Massachusetts : with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men., published 1889 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Dudley Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Dudley Town - 7,816 words.
Fires near this place
80 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Chaseville between 2007 and 2020, burning about 125 acres in total. 1 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 | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Connecticut Division of Forestry | 11 HOLMES STREET |
| 19 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Connecticut Division of Forestry | 1017 RIVERSIDE DRIVE |
| 19 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Connecticut Division of Forestry | 1175 RIVERSIDE DRIVE |
| 8 August 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 6 August 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 22 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 28 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Connecticut Division of Forestry | 1405 RIVERSIDE DR, THOMPSON |
| 27 July 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Connecticut Division of Forestry | RIVERSIDE DRIVE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 383 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 383 specimens collected within 10 miles of Chaseville between 1875 and 1975: 193 Animalia, 150 Plantae, 27 Fungi, 10 Protozoa, 2 Chromista, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. S. Pease, Allen, R. M., Anonymous 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Coccyzus erythropthalmus (A.Wilson, 1811) | 1875 | Francois Hue | |
![]() | Sterna dougallii dougallii Montagu, 1813 | 1875 | Towne, E B, Jr | Massachusetts |
![]() | Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan, 1763 | 1875 | Towne, E B, Jr | Massachusetts |
![]() | Calypso bulbosa (L.) Oakes | 1878 | F.H. Hosford | |
![]() | Didymium melanospermum (Pers.) T.Macbr., 1899 | 1883 | Farlow, W.G. | |
![]() | Vireo olivaceus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1887 | J. R. Rabbitt | MASSACHUSETTS: Tarriton |
![]() | Catharus guttatus faxoni (Bangs & T.E.Penard, 1921) | 1888 | not recorded | Oxford |
![]() | Diphyscium foliosum (Hedw.) D.Mohr | 1888 | Anonymous | |
| Sterna hirundo hirundo Linnaeus, 1758 | 1892 | Babbitt, J P | Massachusetts | |
| Accipiter striatus Vieillot, 1808 | 1894 | not recorded | MASSACHUSETTS: Ponkahog | |
| Ammodramus caudacutus (J.F.Gmelin, 1788) | 1896 | W. J. Wirt | MASSACHUSETTS: North Town | |
| Hemitrichia stipata (Schwein.) T.Macbr., 1899 | 1896 | Olive, E. W. | Hammond's Pond |
All 383 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Chaseville: 17 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Haven Traprock Co. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Charlton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Janeczek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Janeczek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kappys Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kaprys Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Leo Construction Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Minarik Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Minarik Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Old Webster Road Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merino Village | 0.7 miles | 42 | |
| Merino Village (historical) | 0.7 miles | 42 | |
| Fennerville | 0.8 miles | 42 | |
| Webster | 1.1 miles | 42 | |
| Perryville | 1.2 miles | 42 | |
| Sunnyside | 1.6 miles | 42 | |
| Dudley | 1.8 miles | 42 | |
| East Village | 2.2 miles | 43 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 610199. 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.

























