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Dudley, Massachusetts

42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Dudley town. It lies in ZIP code area 01571. It stands on Bates Hill. The Survey maps it on the Webster quadrangle.

Dudley within Worcester County

Then and now

1889 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dudley, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Dudley, surveyed 1889

Topographic sheets covering this place

42 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

41 since 2015

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Dudley between 2015 and 2020, burning about 18 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony6
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 August 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
6 August 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
22 August 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
28 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreConnecticut Division of Forestry1405 RIVERSIDE DR, THOMPSON
26 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreConnecticut Division of Forestry18 WILSONVILLE RD, THOMPSON
8 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
27 June 2016Smokingunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
27 June 2016Debris and open burningunder 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 403 shown

Museums hold 403 specimens collected within 10 miles of Dudley between 1875 and 1975: 201 Animalia, 160 Plantae, 38 Fungi, 2 Chromista, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. R. Hodgdon; F. L. Steele, A. S. Pease, B. Gates 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 Coccyzus erythropthalmus, not of this specimenCoccyzus erythropthalmus (A.Wilson, 1811)1875Francois Hue
A photograph of the species Catharus guttatus, not of this specimenCatharus guttatus faxoni (Bangs & T.E.Penard, 1921)1888not recordedOxford
A photograph of the species Gavia immer, not of this specimenGavia immer (Brunnich, 1764)1890Jones, Clinton MellenSouthbridge
A photograph of the species Parmotrema perforatum, not of this specimenParmotrema perforatum (Jacq.) A.Massal.1890G. E. StoneWebster
A photograph of the species Trichia contorta, not of this specimenTrichia contorta (Ditmar) Rostaf., 18751890Harvey, F. L.
A photograph of the species Diphyscium foliosum, not of this specimenDiphyscium foliosum (Hedw.) D.Mohr1891Lucien M. Underwood
A photograph of the species Cirsium muticum, not of this specimenCirsium muticum Michx.1897E. L. MorrisCharlton
A photograph of the species Juncus tenuis, not of this specimenJuncus tenuis Willd.1897E. L. MorrisCharlton
A photograph of the species Alyssum alyssoides, not of this specimenAlyssum alyssoides (L.) L.1899R. M. Harper
Carex hystericina Muhl. ex Willd.1899R. M. HarperSouthbridge.
A photograph of the species Glyceria melicaria, not of this specimenGlyceria melicaria (Michx.) F.T.Hubb.1899R. M. HarperSouthbridge.
Juncus brevicaudatus (Engelm.) Fernald1899R. M. Harper

All 403 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 13 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Dudley: 11 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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
New Haven Traprock Co. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Charlton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Leo Construction CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Old Webster Road PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ricciardi Asphalt CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Robbins Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Southbridge PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sunny Shores, Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Thompson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Thompson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Worcester County

Storms nearby

15 since 1993

The National Weather Service names Dudley in 15 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 2 hail. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
August 2005Thunderstorm WindDudley2 hurt, $30,000no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindDudley$20,000Trees and wires were downed on West Main Street and on Route 131 in Dudley and on Brown Road and Joe Jenny Road near Sutton Avenue in Oxford.
August 2008FloodDudley$20,000Heavy rain fell in Dudley which overwhelmed the drainage system and resulted in some minor flooding of the Dudley District Court. Four inches of water covered the lower level of the courtroom while up to a foot of water was reported in the back parking lot. Quick action by courtroom personnel prevented any further damage to paperwork or equipment.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindDudley$5,000no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindDudley$5,000no account filed
July 2019Thunderstorm WindDudley$2,000A tree was downed on wires on Southbridge Road.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindWest Dudley$2,000At 430 PM EST, two large trees were down on Lempicki Road in Dudley.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindWest Dudley$500In Dudley, there was a large tree down on Blackmere Rd.
July 2017FloodDudley-At 430 PM EST, multiple streets in Dudley were flooded and impassable.
July 2017FloodWest Dudley-At 538 PM EST, West Main Street in Dudley was flooded and impassable near the Connecticut State Line. Also, Southbridge Road near near the Connecticut State Line was also flooded and impassable. Also, at 626 PM EST Center Road was flooded and impassable.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindDudley-Wires were downed by thunderstorm winds on Dudley Hill Road.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindDudley-Large tree and wires down on Bonnieview Road.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindDudley-Numerous trees were knocked down west of Dudley and east of Webster.
May 2014HailDudley-no account filed
May 2013HailDudley-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
Cardinal Heights1.1 miles42
Chaseville1.8 miles42
Merino Village2.2 miles42
Merino Village (historical)2.2 miles42
Tufts Village (historical)2.3 miles42
Fennerville2.6 miles42
Perryville2.6 miles42
Sunnyside2.6 miles42

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 610208. 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.