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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Douglas, Massachusetts

46 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Douglas town. It lies in ZIP code area 01516. It stands on Dudley Brook. The Survey maps it on the Uxbridge quadrangle.

Douglas within Worcester 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 Douglas, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Douglas, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

46 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.

Photographs

2 photographs,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Whitinsville Brick Mill, Forge, 56 Douglas Road, Northbridge, Worcester County, MA
Whitinsville Brick Mill, Forge, 56 Douglas Road, Northbridge, Worcester County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Lovett Bridge, Spanning Mumford River, Douglas, Worcester County, MA
Lovett Bridge, Spanning Mumford River, Douglas, Worcester County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress

Fires nearby

34 since 2007

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Douglas between 2007 and 2020, burning about 23 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning10
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
6 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
5 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
19 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
4 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
25 July 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
25 July 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachussetts State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
21 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
19 July 2020Smokingunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Worcester County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 505 shown

Museums hold 505 specimens collected within 10 miles of Douglas between 1844 and 1974: 225 Plantae, 216 Animalia, 47 Fungi, 10 Protozoa, 4 Chromista, 3 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. B. Seymour, A. R. Hodgdon; F. L. Steele, A. R. Hodgdon; F. L. Steele 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 Chilonectria coryli (Fuckel) Ellis & Everh.Chilonectria coryli (Fuckel) Ellis & Everh.1896Henderson
Specimen of Coryneum pulvinatum KunzeCoryneum pulvinatum Kunze1897D. Murray
A photograph of the species Trichophorum planifolium, not of this specimenTrichophorum planifolium (Spreng.) Palla1844Collector unspecifiedUxbridge
A photograph of the species Carex vesicaria, not of this specimenCarex vesicaria L.1848J. W. Robbins
A photograph of the species Potamogeton epihydrus, not of this specimenPotamogeton epihydrus Raf.1848J. W. RobbinsUxbridge
A photograph of the species Potamogeton bicupulatus, not of this specimenPotamogeton bicupulatus Fernald1854W. J. RobbinsUxbridge
A photograph of the species Carex brevior, not of this specimenCarex brevior (Dewey) Mack.1855J. W. Robbins
A photograph of the species Carex normalis, not of this specimenCarex normalis Mack.1855J. W. Robbins
A photograph of the species Carex siccata, not of this specimenCarex siccata Dewey1855J. W. Robbins
A photograph of the species Carex straminea, not of this specimenCarex straminea Willd. ex Schkuhr1855J. W. Robbins
A photograph of the species Hyla versicolor, not of this specimenHyla versicolor LeConte, 18251857Weinland, David Friedrich
Sterna hirundo hirundo Linnaeus, 17581892Babbitt, J PMassachusetts

All 505 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 16 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Douglas: 12 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc. 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
Uxbridge ProspectLead, ZincProspect
Barnett Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Direnzo Brothers Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Douglas PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gilbon Mountain PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Guiou PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Hutnak Construction CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Johnson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mable JohnsonSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Mable Johnson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Worcester County

Storms nearby

12 since 1998

The National Weather Service names Douglas in 12 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2018Tornado (EF1)East Douglas$25,000At 132 AM EST, a tornado touched down near Maple Street in East Douglas and moved northeast through extreme northwest Uxbridge to southern Northbridge, where it lifted near Northbridge Middle School. The tornado was on the ground for 4.4 miles. The path width reached a maximum of 200 yards in East Douglas. Wind speeds were estimated at 100 mph. The tornado was an EF-1 in East Douglas, and then an EF-0 in Uxbridge and Northbridge.
July 2008LightningDouglas$15,000A house on Vine Street was struck by lightning and caught fire.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindDouglas$10,000no account filed
August 2019Thunderstorm WindEast Douglas$1,300In the eastern portion of Douglas, a tree was down on Martin Road. Other downed trees were scattered about the town of Douglas.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindDouglas$1,000In Douglas, a large tree was reported down on South Street near SW Main Street.
June 2017LightningDouglas$1,000At 740 PM EST, a house was struck by lightning on Main Street in Douglas.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindDouglas$300In Douglas, a tree was down at the intersection of Arch Street and Walnut Street.
July 2023FloodEast Douglas-In Douglas, Gilboa Rd has significant street flooding.
July 2015HailEast Douglas-no account filed
August 2008HailDouglas-no account filed
May 2003Heavy RainDouglas-no account filed
June 1998Flash FloodDouglas-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Worcester 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
East Douglas Station1.6 miles46
East Douglas1.9 miles46
Tasseltop2.5 miles46
Manchaug2.8 miles46
South Sutton3.5 miles46
Halfway House3.7 miles46
Prentice Corner4.5 miles46
Lakeview Heights4.6 miles43

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 610977. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.