East Longmeadow, Massachusetts
50 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1985. It stands in East Longmeadow town. It lies in ZIP code area 01028. It stands on McCarthy Hill. The Survey maps it on the Springfield South quadrangle.
Then and now
1886 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 99 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
50 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.
- 1886 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1889 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1896 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:125000
- 1920 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1928 USGS Long Meadow quadrangle1:24000
- 1933 USGS Longmeadow quadrangle1:24000
- 1938 USGS Springfield South quadrangle1:31680
- 1938 USGS Springfield South quadrangle1:31680
- 1938 USGS Springfield South quadrangle1:31680
- 1939 USGS Springfield South quadrangle1:31680
- 1939 USGS Springfield South quadrangle1:31680
- 1943 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Springfield South quadrangle1:31680
- 1944 USGS Springfield South quadrangle1:31680
- 1944 USGS Springfield South quadrangle1:24000
- 1944 USGS Springfield South quadrangle1:31680
- 1946 USGS Springfield South quadrangle1:31680
- 1946 USGS Springfield South quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Springfield South quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Springfield South quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Springfield South quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Springfield South quadrangle1:25000
- 1958 USGS Springfield South quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Springfield South quadrangle1:25000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Springfield South quadrangle1:25000
- 1985 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
304 since 2002The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 304 fires within 5 miles of East Longmeadow between 2002 and 2020, burning about 232 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 161 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 65 |
| Natural | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Smoking | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 3 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 20 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 20 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 19 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 17 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | MINNECHAUG MT FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,159 shownMuseums hold 1,159 specimens collected within 10 miles of East Longmeadow between 1845 and 1974: 550 Animalia, 296 Fungi, 287 Plantae, 18 Chromista, 8 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. B. Seymour, A. E. Kirk, A. M. & D. P. Rogers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Taphrina johansonii Sadeb. | 1894 | W.G. Farlow | |
![]() | Lygodium palmatum (Bernh.) Sw. | 1895 | Deane, Walter | East Longmeadow;;;; |
![]() | Calligrapha rhoda Knab, 1909 | 1900 | F. Knab | West Springfield |
![]() | Galeopsis tetrahit L. | 1845 | not recorded | |
![]() | Icterus galbula (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1857 | Collector(s): Joel Asaph Allen | Springfield |
![]() | Pipilo erythrophthalmus erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1857 | Collector(s): Joel Asaph Allen | Springfield |
![]() | Setophaga aestiva aestiva (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1857 | Collector(s): Joel Asaph Allen | Springfield |
![]() | Turdus migratorius migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 | 1857 | Collector(s): Joel Asaph Allen | Springfield |
![]() | Rhinichthys atratulus (Hermann, 1804) | 1859 | Wheatland, R.H. | Chicopee River, at Chicopee, Hampden County, Massachusetts; Locality according to historical catalogue: 'Chicopa River, Massachusetts'/erroneous, is Chicopee River, at Chicopee, Massachusetts (according to MCZ online fish catalogue). |
![]() | Rhododendron canadense (L.) Torr. | 1861 | not recorded | Chicopee |
![]() | Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe, 1802) | 1863 | Agassiz, Jean Louis Rodolphe | Agawam River, at Agawam, Hampden County, Massachusetts; Locality according to historical inventory: 'Agawan River'/is Agawam River, at Agawam, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (according to MCZ online fish database). |
| Alnus incana (L.) Moench | 1891 | unknown | Woods Hall. |
All 1,159 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
10 of 16 shownThe federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of East Longmeadow: 8 producers, 8 past producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Dimension, Flagstone, Brick Clay, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Pit | Brick Clay | Producer | Clay | |
| Clay Pit | Brick Clay | Producer | Clay | |
| Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Sandstone | |
| Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Sandstone | |
| Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Sandstone | |
| Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Sandstone | |
| Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Sandstone | |
| Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer |
Storms nearby
10 since 1995The National Weather Service names East Longmeadow in 10 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Longmeadow | $10,000 | Elm Street and Maple Shade Avenue in East Longmeadow were closed due to downed trees and wires. |
| October 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Longmeadow | $8,000 | In East Longmeadow, a tree fell onto a garage and a truck at Westernview Circle. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Longmeadow | $7,000 | At 2:35 PM EST, wind brought trees and wires down on Alpine Avenue in East Longmeadow. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Longmeadow | $500 | In East Longmeadow, a tree was down on the 80 block of Parker Street. Report relayed via amateur radio operators. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Longmeadow | $300 | Tree down on Hampden Road in East Longmeadow. |
| May 2020 | Hail | East Longmeadow | - | Quarter size hail was reported in East Longmeadow. |
| July 2009 | Hail | East Longmeadow | - | Quarter to ping-pong ball size hail fell on Wedgewood Road near the Springfield/East Longmeadow line. |
| August 2011 | Hail | East Longmeadow | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Longmeadow | - | no account filed |
| October 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Longmeadow | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist Village | 2.5 miles | 38 | |
| East Forest Park | 2.6 miles | 50 | |
| The X | 2.8 miles | 50 | |
| Forest Park | 3.5 miles | 50 | |
| Sixteen Acres | 3.7 miles | 50 | |
| Upper Hill | 3.8 miles | 50 | |
| Longmeadow | 3.9 miles | 50 | |
| Pine Point | 4.0 miles | 50 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 608997. 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.




























































