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

Easthampton, Massachusetts

42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Easthampton City. It lies in ZIP code area 01027. It stands on Wilton Brook. The Survey maps it on the Easthampton quadrangle.

Easthampton within Hampshire County

Then and now

1885 to 1985

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 Easthampton, surveyed 1985

Topographic sheet of Easthampton, surveyed 1885

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.

Photographs

1 photograph,

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.

Easthampton Town Hall, 43 Main Street, Easthampton, Hampshire County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress

Fires nearby

137 since 2004

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Easthampton between 2004 and 2020, burning about 121 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 5 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	43
Equipment and vehicle use	43
Natural	20
Debris and open burning	13
Recreation and ceremony	12
Arson/incendiarism	5
Smoking	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
3 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control	not named
27 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control	not named
2 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control	not named
18 September 2020	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Sylvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge	MILL RV DIV MA-SCR #4
18 September 2020	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Sylvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge	MILL RV DIV MA-SCR #3
17 September 2020	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Sylvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge	MILL RV DIV MA-SCR #2
15 September 2020	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Sylvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge	MILL RV DIV MA-SCR #1
15 September 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hampshire County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 2,449 shown

Museums hold 2,449 specimens collected within 10 miles of Easthampton between 1822 and 1975: 1,656 Plantae, 574 Animalia, 200 Fungi, 12 Chromista, 5 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A., A. Albee, 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.

Species	Year	Collected by	Where, as recorded
Camissonia Link	1898	B. L. Robinson
Porella platyphylloidea (Schwein.) Lindb.	1822	Emmons	Norwich
Carex bromoides Willd.	1831	Collector unknown
Carex vesicaria L.	1836	Collector unknown
Carex vestita Willd.	1836	Collector unspecified
Kalmia angustifolia f. angustifolia	1838	L. DeWette	Northampton.
Kalmia latifolia var. latifolia	1838	L. DeWette	Northampton.
Pogonia ophioglossoides (L.) Ker Gawl.	1838	L. DeWette	Northampton.
Solidago arguta Aiton	1841	Collector(s): Henry Holmes Babcock, Henry Griswold Jesup	Amherst
Meleagris gallopavo silvestris Vieillot, 1817	1847	William D. Whitney	Mount Tom
Stellaria graminea L.	1849	not recorded
Drymocallis arguta (Pursh) Rydb.	1851	Hexamer, A.C.; Maier, F.W.	Mount Holyolke

All 2,449 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 26 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Easthampton: 13 producers, 12 past producers, 1 occurrence. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Brick Clay, Clay, Stone, Dimension, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Granite Rock Quarry	Granite	Past Producer
Loudville	Molybdenum	Occurrence	Wulfenite
Loudville Lead Mine	Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Barium-Barite	Producer	Barite, Galena
Loudville Mine	Barium-Barite, Lead, Silica, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Sandstone Quarry	Flagstone	Past Producer
Southhampton Barite Vein	Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Molybdenum	Producer	Barite, Galena
Southhampton Barite Vein	Barium-Barite, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver	Past Producer
Southhampton Barite Vein/Loudville Pb Mine	Lead, Silver	Past Producer	Vein
Bill Willard Inc	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Florence Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Hampshire County

Storms nearby

34 since 1994

The National Weather Service names Easthampton in 34 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 21 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 lightning, 2 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
October 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Easthampton	$100,000	A thunderstorm produced a strong microburst in Easthampton near the Holyoke line. Numerous trees were uprooted or snapped off on the west side of Mount Tom. A number of these trees were downed onto Route 141 and Mountain Road, trapping several cars on the roadway and causing Mountain Road to be closed by local officials.
August 2008	Flash Flood	Easthampton	$25,000	Over three inches of rain fell in one hour in Easthampton resulting in flash flooding across the city. Pomery Road was impassable and closed because of the flooding. One person was rescued after being trapped in a car. Trees and wires were downed due to the ground washing out beneath them.
August 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Easthampton	$15,000	Trees across Easthampton, including along Route 66, were downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Easthampton	$15,000	Numerous trees in the northeast section of town were downed by thunderstorm winds. This included trees on Ward Avenue, O'Neill Street, and Loudville Road.
September 2003	Flash Flood	Easthampton	$15,000	no account filed
October 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Easthampton	$12,000	There was a significant amount of damage in Easthampton. A tree was down on a car on Florence Road. A power line was down on a car on Lyman Street. A large tree was down on Route 10 about one-half mile north of Union Street. Numerous trees were down on Route 141.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Easthampton	$12,000	no account filed
June 2005	Lightning	Easthampton	$10,000	no account filed
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Easthampton	$7,000	Power pole and wires on Gunn Road were downed by thunderstorm winds.
September 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Easthampton	$5,000	A tree on Route 202 was downed by thunderstorm winds.
October 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Easthampton	$5,000	A tree and wires on Holyoke Street were downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Easthampton	$5,000	Several trees were downed, including one on Pisgah Road in Easthampton.
August 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Easthampton	$5,000	Trees on Ward Avenue were downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Easthampton	$5,000	no account filed
August 2001	Lightning	Easthampton	$5,000	no account filed
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Easthampton	$4,000	At 415 PM EST, a tree was downed on a house and fence on Williston Avenue in Easthampton.
August 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Easthampton	$1,000	In Easthampton, a tree and wires were down on Northampton St.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Easthampton	$1,000	A 30 foot tall tree was downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Easthampton	$800	In Easthampton, power lines were down.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Easthampton	$500	In Easthampton, a tree was reported down on Plain Street.
September 2023	Flood	Easthampton	-	In Holyoke, Hendrick St was flooded as were several other streets.
June 2020	Hail	Easthampton	-	Ping Pong ball size size hail lasted for two minutes. Reported by the public and forwaded by both amateur radio and broadcast media.
July 2020	Flood	Easthampton	-	In Easthampton, Park Street was flooded and impassable. Manhole covers were popping off on several side streets off of Park Street. Flooding was also reported on Garfield Avenue.
October 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Easthampton	-	At 502 PM EDT, a Weatherflow mesonet site atop Mount Tom in Holyoke, MA measured a peak wind gust of 88 mph.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Easthampton	-	A wind gust to 63 mph was recorded at Mt. Tom.
May 2017	Hail	Easthampton	-	At 554 PM EST, nickel size hail was reported in Easthampton.
July 2014	Hail	Easthampton	-	Dime sized hail was reported by an amateur radio operator in Easthampton. No damage was reported.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Easthampton	-	Large trees downed which blocked Route 66.
July 2008	Hail	Easthampton	-	no account filed
May 1998	Hail	Easthampton	-	no account filed
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Easthampton	-	no account filed
June 1995	Hail	Easthampton	-	no account filed
October 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Easthampton	-	no account filed
November 1994	Hail	Easthampton	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hampshire 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Pine Grove	2.4 miles	42
Mount Tom	3.1 miles	44
Great Swamp	3.3 miles	44
Thermopylae	3.8 miles	44
West Farms	3.8 miles	42
Bay State	3.8 miles	42
Hockanum	3.9 miles	44
Loudville	3.9 miles	42

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 608739. 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.