Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Concord, Massachusetts

48 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Concord town. It lies in ZIP code area 01742. It stands on Authors Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Concord quadrangle.

Concord within Middlesex County

Then and now

1886 to 1989

The 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 sheet of Concord, surveyed 1989

Topographic sheet of Concord, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

48 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.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Concord town, in the words of 1908.

1908, Concord Town

Chapter Iv

Philip's War. - State of the Country. - Garrison Houses. - Expedition to Brookfield. - Proceedings of Government} and of the Town. - Lancaster burnt. - Christian Indians in Concord. - Feelings towards the Indians. - Abraham and Isaac Shepherd killed. - Groton burnt. - People remove to Concord. - Proceedings of Government.

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Fires nearby

46 since 1992

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Concord between 1992 and 2020, burning about 27 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 burning	22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11
Railroad operations and maintenance	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Arson/incendiarism	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Other causes	1
Natural	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
5 September 2020	Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
16 September 2020	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control	not named
1 September 2001	Natural	under an acre	Minute Man National Historical Park	FISKEHILL
26 August 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control	not named
24 August 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control	not named
19 July 2020	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control	not named
6 June 2020	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Middlesex County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 836 shown

Museums hold 836 specimens collected within 10 miles of Concord between 1898 and 1975: 415 Animalia, 226 Plantae, 182 Fungi, 8 Chromista, 4 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. B. Seymour, A. B. Seymour & M. D. Feigley, A. E. Feldman 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.

Species	Year	Collected by	Where, as recorded
Corvus brachyrhynchos brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822	1900	not recorded	Wayland
Boletus griseus Frost	1898	H. Webster
Cladonia rangiferina (L.) Weber	1898	Francis P Daniels	Arlington Heights
Dumetella carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)	1898	Collector(s): Will C. Colt	Lincoln
Eremosphaera viridis de Bary	1898	G. T. Moore, Jr.	Ridge Hill, MA
Galium circaezans var. hypomalacum Fernald	1898	C. H. Knowlton
Lophodermium pinastri (Schrad.) Chevall.	1898	Hubbard F. T.; Hall G. G.	Lincoln
Neolentinus lepideus (Fr.) Redhead & Ginns	1898	not recorded	Weston.
Pipilo erythrophthalmus erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus, 1758)	1898	not recorded	Lincoln
Agaricus brunnescens Peck	1900	Morris, G. E.	Waltham
Araiospora pulchra Thaxt.	1900	Thaxter, Roland	Stony Brook, Mass. [Massachusetts]
Betula alleghaniensis Britton	1900	E. F. Williams

All 836 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Concord: 7 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Carlisle Deposit	Copper	Occurrence
Cu Prospect	Copper	Past Producer
Acton Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Acton Pit--Assabet S & G	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Acton Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Assabet Sand and Gravel Co	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Britt Construction	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Britt Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Lexington Sand and Gravel Co	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Pepperell Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Middlesex County

Storms nearby

36 since 1997

The National Weather Service names Concord in 36 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 26 thunderstorm wind, 4 flood, 3 lightning, 1 hail. The reports record 12 injuries. 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 1998	Lightning	Concord	11 hurt, $70,000	no account filed
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Concord	1 hurt	A tree on Elm Street was downed by thunderstorm winds onto a car. A person inside the car was injured.
August 2016	Tornado (EF1)	Concord	$1,000,000	A tornado developed within an area of showers and thunderstorms moving through southern New England. This tornado touched down near the Cambridge Turnpike and headed northeast. Most of the damage was concentrated in an area beginning near the intersection of Lexington Road and Alcott Road and continuing up to the neighborhood of Alcott and Independence Roads. Numerous trees were uprooted or had the tops sheared off. These subsequently blocked roads, damaged homes, and downed power lines, cutting off power to the neighborhood. In addition, utility poles were downed either from the wind or from the downed power lines. Thirty-nine houses in this area were damaged to some degree. Only one house suffered significant structural damage. The tornado continued for a short distance beyond this neighborhood before lifting. The historical home of Louisa May Alcott and her family was right next to the tornado path but was not damaged.
July 2002	Lightning	Concord	$250,000	no account filed
February 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Concord	$60,000	Elm Street was blocked by downed utility poles in three spots. Sudbury Road also was blocked by downed trees and wires.
July 2010	Lightning	Concord	$50,000	Lightning ignited a house fire on Indian Pipe Lane.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Concord	$35,000	no account filed
February 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Concord	$30,000	Trees, wires, and poles were downed throughout Concord, closing several roads, including: Elm Street, Crescent Street, MacArthur Road, and Ornac Road near Route 2.
May 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Concord	$30,000	Trees on Williams Road were downed by thunderstorm winds, damaging an amateur radio antenna.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Concord	$25,000	Trees on Shagbark Road, Everett Street, and Main Street were downed by thunderstorm winds. In addition, a tree was downed onto the Colonial Inn.
February 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Concord	$15,000	A utility pole and wires were downed, blocking Musketaquid Road.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Concord	$15,000	Trees and wires were downed on Westford Road, Old Stow Road, and Lindsay Pond Road. One of these trees was downed onto a car.
August 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Concord	$15,000	Multiple trees were downed by thunderstorm winds, including one downed onto a car on Old Marlboro Road.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Concord	$15,000	Multiple trees were downed by thunderstorm winds at the Concord Country Club.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Concord	$15,000	no account filed
September 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Concord	$10,000	Trees and wires were downed on Powder Mill and Sudbury Roads.
September 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Concord	$10,000	Trees on Sudbury Road were downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2006	Flash Flood	Concord	$10,000	no account filed
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Concord	$6,000	In Concord, a tree was down on a car on Elm St. at Park Lane. Trees were down on Lexington Road near the Lincoln town line.
September 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Concord	$5,000	In Concord, there were numerous trees down across town.
August 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Concord	$5,000	A tree was downed onto Baker Avenue by thunderstorm winds, blocking the road.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Concord	$5,000	Ten inch diameter trees on Sudbury Road were downed by thunderstorm winds onto wires.
October 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	West Concord	$4,000	In West Concord, a tree was uprooted and a tree was split in half on Wright Road and a telephone pole was down on Laws Brook Road.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Concord	$3,000	Several four to six inch diameter trees were downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Concord	$3,000	Trees on Old Stone Road and Main Street were downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2017	Flood	West Concord	$1,000	At 426 PM EST, Shirley Street in Concord was reported flooded and impassable.
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	West Concord	$1,000	At 4 PM EST, a tree was reported down on Ridgewood Road in Concord.
February 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Concord	$1,000	Thunderstorm winds shattered a storm window at a house in Concord.
May 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	West Concord	$1,000	Trees and wires were downed around West Street.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	West Concord	$300	In Acton, a tree was blocking a lane of travel.
June 2018	Flood	Concord	-	At 12:37 AM EST, Sudbury Road near East Bridge in Concord was reported to be flooded with two feet of standing water.
May 2015	Flood	Concord	-	Sudbury Road in Concord was flooded at Heath's Bridge. The Cambridge Turnpike was also flooded. In Framingham, the intersection of Routes 126 and 9 was flooded. A car was stranded in flood waters on Bent Road in Sudbury.
July 2014	Flood	Concord	-	Route 2 was closed at the Lincoln/Concord line due to flooding.
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Concord	-	no account filed
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Concord	-	no account filed
August 1997	Hail	Concord	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Middlesex 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Meriams Corner	1.3 miles	48
Plain	2.0 miles	48
West Bedford	2.2 miles	48
Baker Bridge	2.3 miles	48
West Concord	2.5 miles	43
Nine Acre Corner	2.6 miles	43
East Acton	3.4 miles	43
Lincoln	3.4 miles	48

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 611781. 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.