Crow Point, Massachusetts
41 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Hingham town. It lies in ZIP code area 02043. It stands on Ragged Island. The Survey maps it on the Hull quadrangle.
Then and now
1892 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1892 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
41 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.
- 1892 USGS Boston Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1892 USGS Boston Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1892 USGS Boston Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1892 USGS Boston Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Boston Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Boston Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Boston Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Boston Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Boston Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Boston Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Boston Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Boston Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Boston Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Hull quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Hull quadrangle1:31680
- 1946 USGS Hull quadrangle1:31680
- 1946 USGS Hull quadrangle1:31680
- 1946 USGS Hull quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Hull quadrangle1:25000
- 1949 USGS Hull quadrangle1:24000
- 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 Hull quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Hull quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Hull quadrangle1:24000
- 1971 USGS Hull quadrangle1:25000
- 1977 USGS Hull quadrangle1:25000
- 1984 USGS Hull quadrangle1:25000
- 1984 USGS Provincetown quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Provincetown quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Hull quadrangle1:25000
Fires nearby
186 since 2015The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 186 fires within 5 miles of Crow Point between 2015 and 2020, burning about 68 acres in total. None 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 | 71 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 53 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | WEYMOUTH |
| 5 September 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | QUINCY |
| 5 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | WEYMOUTH |
| 4 September 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | HINGHAM |
| 3 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | HINGHAM |
| 29 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | WEYMOUTH |
| 27 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | HINGHAM |
| 2 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | HINGHAM |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 5,381 shownMuseums hold 5,381 specimens collected within 10 miles of Crow Point between 1815 and 1975: 3,538 Plantae, 894 Animalia, 516 Fungi, 371 Chromista, 43 Unrecorded, 13 Protozoa, 6 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by (MARSDEN, H W), A Loveridge, A Phelps Wyman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Pallavicinia lyellii (Hook.) Gray | 1900 | Frad G. Floyd | edge of Tumble Pond, Stang Brook, Brook Reservation |
![]() | Ranunculus L. | 1815 | not recorded | Thicket at South Boston. |
| Haloragaceae | 1824 | Boott, J.W. | Near Boston. | |
![]() | Desmodium Desv. | 1829 | Boott, J.W. | Boston. |
![]() | Cornus sericea subsp. sericea | 1832 | Nathaniel T. Kidder | Milton, Brook Road |
![]() | Carex echinata subsp. echinata | 1834 | not recorded | |
| Ectocarpus confervoides Le Jol. | 1834 | S. Durkee | Boston Harbor | |
| Acer nigrum F.Michx. | 1899 | Nathaniel T. Kidder | Milton, off Randolph Avenue | |
| Andrena braccata Viereck, 1907 | 1899 | P.G. Bolster | Milton | |
![]() | Bombus affinis Cresson, 1863 | 1899 | not recorded | Dorchester |
![]() | Carex pensylvanica Lam. | 1899 | J. Murdoch, Jr. | Milton |
![]() | Carex stricta Lam. | 1899 | J. Murdoch, Jr. | Milton |
All 5,381 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
4 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Crow Point: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R D Margetts Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ernest Minelli Inc Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hingham Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Margetts Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hingham | 1.4 miles | 38 | |
| West Hingham | 1.7 miles | 38 | |
| Fort Hill | 1.7 miles | 38 | |
| Nantasket Junction | 1.8 miles | 38 | |
| Kenberma | 1.9 miles | 39 | |
| Nantasket Beach | 1.9 miles | 39 | |
| Hingham Center | 2.1 miles | 38 | |
| Waveland | 2.2 miles | 41 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 614061. 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.
















































