Cummaquid, Massachusetts
34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Barnstable Town City. It lies in ZIP code area 02637. It stands on Short Wharf Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hyannis quadrangle.
Then and now
1888 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
34 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.
- 1888 USGS Barnstable quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Barnstable quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Barnstable quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Barnstable quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Barnstable quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Barnstable quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Barnstable quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Barnstable quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Barnstable quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Cape Cod Bay quadrangle1:125000
- 1942 USGS Hyannis quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Hyannis quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Hyannis quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Hyannis quadrangle1:31680
- 1947 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Hyannis quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Hyannis quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Hyannis quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Hyannis quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Hyannis quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Hyannis quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Hyannis quadrangle1:25000
- 1974 USGS Hyannis quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Hyannis quadrangle1:25000
- 1986 USGS New Bedford quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS New Bedford quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
147 since 2003The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Cummaquid between 2003 and 2020, burning about 51 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 9 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 | 77 |
| Debris and open burning | 41 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 7 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | 3126 |
| 6 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | 3119 |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | 3117 |
| 5 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 3 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 28 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 3,109 shownMuseums hold 3,109 specimens collected within 10 miles of Cummaquid between 1866 and 1975: 2,178 Animalia, 654 Plantae, 145 Fungi, 122 Chromista, 8 Protozoa, 1 Bacteria, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. B. Seymour, A. R. Hodgdon, A. R. Hodgdon; H. K. Svenson;D. Conant;J. Wicks 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Aecidium Pers. | 1900 | Seymour, Arthur Bliss | near Shoot-flying Hill [sic; Shootflying Hill], Hyannis, Mass. [Massachusetts] |
![]() | Uromyces lespedezae-procumbentis (Schwein.) Lagerh. | 1900 | A. B. Seymour | Hyannis |
![]() | Uromyces lineolatus (Desm.) J.Schröt. | 1900 | W. G. Farlow | |
![]() | Calidris alba (Pallas, 1764) | 1866 | not recorded | Cape Cod |
| Ceramium diaphanum (Lightf.) Roth | 1873 | Lusk | Cotuit Port | |
![]() | Ceramium rubrum C.Agardh | 1873 | Lusk | Cotuit Port |
![]() | Grinnellia americana (C.Agardh) Harv. | 1873 | Lusk | Cotuit Port |
![]() | Sphacelaria cirrosa (Roth) C.Agardh | 1873 | Lusk | Cotuit Port |
![]() | Colinus virginianus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1874 | Collector(s): William Brewster | Osterville |
![]() | Amphitrite ornata (Leidy, 1855) | 1875 | Verrill, A. E.; Merriam, C. H. | Barnstable |
![]() | Ampithoe rubricata (Montagu, 1808) | 1875 | U.S. Fish Commission | Barnstable |
![]() | Aplidium constellatum (Verrill, 1871) | 1875 | Verrill, A. E.; Merriam, C. H. | Barnstable |
All 3,109 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cummaquid: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyannis Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hyannis Sand and Gravel Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yarmouth Station | 0.8 miles | 34 | |
| Cobbs Village | 1.1 miles | 34 | |
| Yarmouth Port | 1.3 miles | 31 | |
| Barnstable | 1.4 miles | 34 | |
| Yarmouth | 2.4 miles | 31 | |
| Hyannis | 3.4 miles | 34 | |
| Colonial Acres | 3.8 miles | 34 | |
| North Dennis | 3.8 miles | 31 |
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 Q135688849 | The 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 615697. 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.












































