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Crownridge Estates, Massachusetts

43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Medfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 02052. It stands on Vine Brook. The Survey maps it on the Medfield quadrangle.

Crownridge Estates within Norfolk County

Then and now

1887 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 102 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Crownridge Estates, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Crownridge Estates, surveyed 1887

Topographic sheets covering this place

43 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

82 since 2007

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Crownridge Estates between 2007 and 2020, burning about 29 acres in total. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Debris and open burning22
Recreation and ceremony17
Smoking6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
9 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlDOVER
26 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
25 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlMEDFIELD
22 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
18 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
12 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlWALPOLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Norfolk County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 8,812 shown

Museums hold 8,812 specimens collected within 10 miles of Crownridge Estates between 1832 and 1975: 4,390 Animalia, 2,265 Plantae, 1,945 Fungi, 141 Protozoa, 37 Chromista, 29 Unrecorded, 5 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. A. Eaton, A. B. Seymour, A. B. Seymour & A. C. Seymour 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 Hypoprepia fucosa Hübner, 1831Hypoprepia fucosa Hübner, 18311900not recordedSherborn
A photograph of the species Bartramia pomiformis, not of this specimenBartramia pomiformis Hedw.1832C. E. Cummings
A photograph of the species Galium verum, not of this specimenGalium verum L.1846Kupell
A photograph of the species Dichanthelium acuminatum, not of this specimenDichanthelium acuminatum var. acuminatum1849Ernest Charles SmithFramingham.
A photograph of the species Ameiurus nebulosus, not of this specimenAmeiurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819)1852S. BairdFramingham, Massachusetts.
A photograph of the species Boleosoma fusiforme, not of this specimenBoleosoma fusiforme Girard, 18541852S. BairdFramingham, Massachusetts.
A photograph of the species Pristiphora Latreille, not of this specimenPristiphora Latreille, 18101856not recorded
A photograph of the species Grammia arge, not of this specimenGrammia arge Drury, 17731867not recordedSherborn
A photograph of the species Polygonum coccineum, not of this specimenPolygonum coccineum Muhl. ex Willd.1869Morong, T.Natick
A photograph of the species Carex swanii, not of this specimenCarex swanii (Fernald) Mack.1870Joseph BlakeSharon
A photograph of the species Chamaecyparis thyoides, not of this specimenChamaecyparis thyoides (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.1870Joseph BlakeSharon
Chantransia hermannii (Roth) Desvaux1870F. W. Dewart

All 8,812 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 20 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Crownridge Estates: 10 past producers, 8 producers, 1 unknown, 1 plant. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
Needham PitStonePast Producer
Bates Bros QuarryGraniteProducer
Holliston PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Simeone Stone CorpGranitePast ProducerGranite
Walpole QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dedham Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dedham Sand and Gravel CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Holliston PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Holliston Sand CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Lowland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Norfolk 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
Medfield Junction0.7 miles43
Medfield0.8 miles43
Harding1.1 miles43
Farm Street Station1.6 miles43
Clicquot2.0 miles43
Millis2.4 miles43
Rockville3.9 miles43
Glenridge4.0 miles43

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.

Wikidata item Q122551982The 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 611912. 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.