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Chesterfield, Massachusetts

38 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Chesterfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 01012. It stands on Bagg Ledges. The Survey maps it on the Goshen quadrangle. 1,186 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,427 feet above sea level.

Chesterfield within Hampshire County

Population over time

2 figures

Chesterfield fell from 1,222 to 1,186 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,222
20201,186-36 (-3%)

Then and now

1886 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 111 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Chesterfield, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Chesterfield, surveyed 1886

Compare 1886 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

38 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

11 since 2015

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Chesterfield between 2015 and 2020, burning about 30 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 burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
11 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
25 June 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
19 June 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
7 May 2020Equipment and vehicle use25 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
16 May 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
10 May 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution1.5 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
3 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
21 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hampshire County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,101 shown

Museums hold 1,101 specimens collected within 10 miles of Chesterfield between 1822 and 1975: 687 Plantae, 230 Fungi, 164 Animalia, 17 Protozoa, 2 Chromista, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A., A. Gurney, A. M. Rogers 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 Camissonia LinkCamissonia Link1898B. L. Robinson
Specimen of Buellia disciformis (Fr.) MuddBuellia disciformis (Fr.) Mudd1900George P. ClintonHammond Pond
Specimen of Graphis scripta (L.) Ach.Graphis scripta (L.) Ach.1900George P. ClintonHammond Pond
A photograph of the species Porella platyphylloidea, not of this specimenPorella platyphylloidea (Schwein.) Lindb.1822EmmonsNorwich
A photograph of the species Carex pauciflora, not of this specimenCarex pauciflora Lightf.1825Collector unspecifiedAshfield. [Inferred county from precise loc.]
A photograph of the species Kalmia angustifolia, not of this specimenKalmia angustifolia f. angustifolia1838L. DeWetteNorthampton.
A photograph of the species Kalmia latifolia, not of this specimenKalmia latifolia var. latifolia1838L. DeWetteNorthampton.
A photograph of the species Pogonia ophioglossoides, not of this specimenPogonia ophioglossoides (L.) Ker Gawl.1838L. DeWetteNorthampton.
A photograph of the species Veratrum viride, not of this specimenVeratrum viride subsp. viride1847not recordedBrunswick and Goshen
A photograph of the species Stellaria graminea, not of this specimenStellaria graminea L.1849not recorded
A photograph of the species Rorippa palustris, not of this specimenRorippa palustris subsp. palustris1858not recorded
A photograph of the species Dichanthelium depauperatum, not of this specimenDichanthelium depauperatum (Muhl.) Gould1868Joseph BlakeWesthampton

All 1,101 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 11 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Chesterfield: 5 past producers, 4 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Lithium, Stone, Stone, Dimension, Flagstone. 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
Flagstone QuarryStone, DimensionProducerMetamorphic
Flagstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Whetstone QuarryStoneProducerMetamorphic
Whetstone QuarryStonePast Producer
Clark Ledge Lithia MineLithiumProducerFeldspar
Clark Ledge Lithia MineLithiumPast Producer
Mac Comber Ledge Lithia MineLithiumOccurrenceFeldspar
Mac Comber Ledge Lithia MineLithiumProspect
W. Chesterfield Lithia Mine/Clark Ledge Lithia MineLithiumPast ProducerSpodumene
West Chesterfield Lithia MineLithiumProducerFeldspar

Every working recorded in Hampshire County

Storms nearby

19 since 1994

The National Weather Service names Chesterfield in 19 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 12 thunderstorm wind, 6 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
April 2001LightningChesterfield$125,000no account filed
July 2014Thunderstorm WindChesterfield$50,000A tree was downed on Chesterfield Road in Williamsburg and on South Street in Chesterfield. A tree was downed onto a car on Harlow Avenue in Northampton, and another tree fell onto wires. A large tree was downed onto a house on West Summit Street in South Hadley.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindChesterfield$15,000Trees and wires on Partridge Road and Ireland Street were downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindChesterfield$15,000Several trees off Route 143 were downed onto a dirt road by thunderstorm winds.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindChesterfield$15,000Multiple trees south of Route 143 were downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindChesterfield$10,000no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindChesterfield$10,000no account filed
August 2011Thunderstorm WindChesterfield$3,000A tree and wires on Smith Road were downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindChesterfield$3,000Trees on Old Chesterfield Road were downed by thunderstorm winds.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindChesterfield$1,000A tree downed by thunderstorm winds was blocking a road.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindChesterfield$800In Chesterfield, a tree was down on wires near 46 Bray Road.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindChesterfield-Large branches were downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2011HailChesterfield-no account filed
June 2008HailChesterfield-no account filed
June 2008HailChesterfield-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindChesterfield-no account filed
June 2001HailChesterfield-no account filed
July 1995HailChesterfield-no account filed
July 1994HailChesterfield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hampshire 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
Bisbee Mill1.6 miles37
West Chesterfield2.1 miles35
Swift River4.0 miles38
Goshen4.0 miles38
Ringville4.0 miles36
South Worthington4.2 miles36
Lithia4.5 miles38
Camp Howe4.9 miles38

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.

Wikipedia article on ChesterfieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2414206The 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 608556. 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.