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Daley Corner, Massachusetts

39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Easton town. It lies in ZIP code area 02356. It stands on Whitman Brook. The Survey maps it on the Brockton quadrangle.

Daley Corner within Bristol 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 Daley Corner, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Daley Corner, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

39 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.

In the 1883 county history

43,316 words on this township

The county history of 1883 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Easton Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on Easton Town - 43,316 words.

Fires nearby

253 since 2002

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 253 fires within 5 miles of Daley Corner between 2002 and 2020, burning about 99 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 7 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
Debris and open burning133
Missing data/not specified/undetermined74
Misuse of fire by a minor20
Recreation and ceremony8
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking7
Natural3
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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlBROCKTON
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlBROCKTON
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlBROCKTON
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlABINGTON
7 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlSTOUGHTON
6 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
6 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bristol County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,194 shown

Museums hold 1,194 specimens collected within 10 miles of Daley Corner between 1877 and 1975: 754 Animalia, 267 Plantae, 172 Fungi, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A. A. Eaton, A. B. 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
A photograph of the species Empidonax minimus, not of this specimenEmpidonax minimus (W.M.Baird & S.F.Baird, 1843)1877C.P. SnowTaunton, North
A photograph of the species Dichelyma capillaceum, not of this specimenDichelyma capillaceum (Dicks.) Myrin1878PiperEast Bridgewater
A photograph of the species Setophaga americana, not of this specimenSetophaga americana (Linnaeus, 1758)1880William C. Flint
A photograph of the species Setophaga discolor, not of this specimenSetophaga discolor discolor (Vieillot, 1809)1880C. T. Snow
A photograph of the species Thelia hirtella, not of this specimenThelia hirtella (Hedw.) Sull.1880Mrs. Piper
A photograph of the species Passerina cyanea, not of this specimenPasserina cyanea (Linnaeus, 1766)1881C. F. SnowMASSACHUSETTS: Bristol County; Norton
A photograph of the species Fontinalis novae-angliae, not of this specimenFontinalis novae-angliae Sull.1883C. G. Pringle; Mrs. Piper
A photograph of the species Cyprinus carpio, not of this specimenCyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 17581887N. KeithCampello, Massachusetts.
A photograph of the species Spizella pusilla, not of this specimenSpizella pusilla pusilla (A.Wilson, 1810)1888Collector(s): unknownNorton
A photograph of the species Gaultheria procumbens, not of this specimenGaultheria procumbens L.1889not recordedN. Easton
A photograph of the species Neogale Gray, not of this specimenNeogale Gray, 18651889not recordedMassachusetts
A photograph of the species Setophaga coronata, not of this specimenSetophaga coronata coronata (Linnaeus, 1766)1889Collector(s): Arthur Cleveland BentNorton

All 1,194 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

5 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Daley Corner: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Easton PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Brockton PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Brockton Sand & Gravel Company PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Easton Sand and Gravel CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Gerald Kelleher Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Bristol 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
North Easton0.9 miles39
Morse Corner1.2 miles39
South Easton1.4 miles39
Easton Green1.8 miles39
Morris Corner1.8 miles39
Easton Station2.0 miles39
Easton Center2.2 miles39
Eastondale2.3 miles39

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 Q122595103The 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 613068. 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.