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Dell, Massachusetts

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Heath town. It lies in ZIP code area 01339. It stands on Heath Brook. The Survey maps it on the Heath quadrangle.

Dell within Franklin County

Then and now

1886 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 112 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dell, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Dell, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

32 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

18 since 2003

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Dell between 2003 and 2020, burning about 22 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
10 June 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
18 May 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
17 May 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
29 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachussetts State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
28 April 2003Debris and open burning3.0 acresMassachussetts State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
25 April 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
25 April 2020Debris and open burning1.2 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
22 April 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 375 shown

Museums hold 375 specimens collected within 10 miles of Dell between 1877 and 1975: 197 Plantae, 143 Fungi, 26 Animalia, 7 Protozoa, 2 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. T. Beals, Ahles, H.E., Anderson 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 Cardamine diphylla (Michx.) A.W.WoodCardamine diphylla (Michx.) A.W.Wood1900F. F. Forbes
A photograph of the species Streptopus lanceolatus, not of this specimenStreptopus lanceolatus (Aiton) Reveal1877Anderson
A photograph of the species Cyperus fuscus, not of this specimenCyperus fuscus L.1878C. E. Faxon
A photograph of the species Galeopsis ladanum, not of this specimenGaleopsis ladanum L.1878not recorded
A photograph of the species Orthilia secunda, not of this specimenOrthilia secunda (L.) House1878Anderson, S.E.Shelburne
A photograph of the species Silene nivea, not of this specimenSilene nivea (Nutt.) Muhl. ex Otth1878not recorded
A photograph of the species Symphyotrichum lanceolatum, not of this specimenSymphyotrichum lanceolatum (Willd.) G.L.Nesom1878T. Morong
Cronartiaceae1888Clara E. Cummings; Arthur B. Seymour; A. C. SeymourSherburne [Shelburne?]
A photograph of the species Juglans cinerea, not of this specimenJuglans cinerea L.1895C. W. TrowBuckland.
A photograph of the species Gentiana andrewsii, not of this specimenGentiana andrewsii Griseb.1901Fayette Frederick ForbesMassachusetts, Buckland, wet soil
A photograph of the species Dasyscyphus calycinus, not of this specimenDasyscyphus calycinus (Schumach.) Fuckel1927Hansbrough J. R.; Skellenger L. E.Charlemont
A photograph of the species Fomes fomentarius, not of this specimenFomes fomentarius (L.) Fr.1927Skellanger L. E.Colrain

All 375 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 42 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 42 workings within 5 miles of Dell: 20 occurrences, 12 prospects, 7 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Sulfur, Talc-Soapstone, Iron, Sulfur. 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
Davis MinesCopper, Sulfur, ZincPast Producer
Davis MinesSulfur, Copper, Iron, ZincPast Producer
Davis Pyrite MinesSulfur, Iron, Copper, ZincProducer1832, 1882
Hawks MineCopper, Sulfur-PyriteOccurrence1906
Hawks MineCopper, ZincPast Producer
Hawks MineCopper, ZincProspect
Charlemont-Heath AreaGraphiteOccurrenceMetamorphic
Copper ProspectCopper, Sulfur-PyriteOccurrenceMetamorphic
Copper ProspectCopper, Sulfur-PyriteOccurrence
Copper ProspectCopper, Sulfur-PyriteOccurrenceMetamorphic

Every working recorded in Franklin 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
Heath1.4 miles32
North Heath2.7 miles32
Camp Rowe2.9 miles34
Rowe3.1 miles34
Charlemont3.2 miles32
East Charlemont4.6 miles32
Zoar4.6 miles34
Dodge Corner4.9 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 608165. 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.