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

Easton, Massachusetts

40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Easton town. It lies in ZIP code area 02375. It stands on Beaver Brook. The Survey maps it on the Mansfield quadrangle.

Easton within Bristol 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 Easton, surveyed 1989

Topographic sheet of Easton, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

40 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.

In the county-history sources

43,316 words on this township

Atlas of Bristol County, Massachusetts : from Actual Surveys, published 1871; History of Bristol County, Massachusetts, with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, published 1883 names this settlement in its chapter on Easton Town. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Cunningham B. F..Mannfr and Dealer in Lounges, Spring and Feather Beds, Spring Mattrasses, Bols: ters and Pillows. Dealer in Upholstery Goods, Window Shades and Trimmings, Store Shades and Awnings. Parlor Suits made to order; all branches of the Upholstery and Drapery business done in the neatest and best manner. Carpet and Shade Work done at short a 34 Main st

Passage source: Atlas of Bristol County, Massachusetts : from Actual Surveys, published 1871.

Taunton Monumental Works..Burt & King, Practical Seulptors, Designers and Engravers in Monumental Art, Military, Public and Private Funeral Monuments, wrought of Italian marble, red, white and blue granite, and from the celebrated Portland stone, 40 Weir st

Passage source: Atlas of Bristol County, Massachusetts : from Actual Surveys, published 1871.

The town of Easton is situated in the northeast corner of Bristol County. It is bounded on the north by Stoughton and Sharon, on the east by Brockton and West Bridgewater, on the south by Raynham, Taunton, and Norton, and on the west by Norton and Mansfield. It derived its name from its location with reference to the town of Norton, of which it originally formed a part ; it was the East Precinct of that town, and became the East Town, or Easton. lis area is twenty-nine square miles, or, more precisely, eighteen thousand five hundred and eighty-four square acres, of which three hundred and seventy acres are water. The underlying geological formation is in the northerly half sienite, and in the southern half a conglomerate sometimes called graywacke. There are a number of acres, perhaps two or three hundred, in which bog-iron ore is found, and where it has been dug with profit. The surface of Easton is quite level, the north part of the town having, however, a pleasant variety of elevation. Considerable swamp-land exists, especially in the southern portion, where is located what is known as the Great Cedar Swamp. There are some ponds artificially made for manufacturing purposes, and occupying altogether about three hundred and seventy acres. The two largest streams are Leach's Stream, once called Mulberry Meadow Brook, in the west part, and Queset River, which is in the northeastern part, and on .which stand the Ames Shovel-Works. The soil is not above the average quality for this section. Wise management and hard work are needed to make farming pay even a small profit.

Passage source: History of Bristol County, Massachusetts, with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, published 1883.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Easton Town - it names this place 71 more 71 times.

Fires near this place

72 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Easton between 2002 and 2020, burning about 42 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 burning	37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	23
Recreation and ceremony	6
Fireworks	2
Arson/incendiarism	2
Equipment and vehicle use	1
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
8 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control	not named
7 September 2015	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control	STOUGHTON
20 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control	not named
2 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control	BROCKTON
18 September 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control	WEST BRIDGEWATER
17 September 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control	not named
15 September 2017	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control	not named
9 August 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control	BROCKTON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bristol County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 1,447 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,447 specimens collected within 10 miles of Easton between 1860 and 1975: 951 Animalia, 309 Plantae, 183 Fungi, 3 Chromista, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A. A. Eaton, 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
Astur Lacepède, 1799	1860	C. D. Lincoln	Taunton
Carex panicea L.	1863	J. H. Dean
Carex L.	1864	J. H. Dean	Taunton.
Carex vulpinoidea Michx.	1864	J. H. Dean
Chelidonium majus L.	1875	not recorded
Lygodium palmatum (Bernh.) Sw.	1875	not recorded
Berberis vulgaris L.	1876	not recorded
Empidonax minimus (W.M.Baird & S.F.Baird, 1843)	1877	C.P. Snow	Taunton, North
Chaetura pelagica (Linnaeus, 1758)	1878	C. F. Snow	MASSACHUSETTS: Bristol County; Taunton
Coccyzus erythropthalmus (A.Wilson, 1811)	1878	not recorded	Taunton
Dichelyma capillaceum (Dicks.) Myrin	1878	Piper	East Bridgewater
Dryobates pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766)	1878	C. F. Snow	MASSACHUSETTS: Bristol County; Taunton

All 1,447 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Easton: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Easton Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Brockton Sand & Gravel Company Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Easton Sand and Gravel Co	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Bristol County

Storms near this place

7 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Easton in 7 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 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
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	North Easton	$3,000	In Easton, trees were down on Poquanticut Ave with one on a house. A tree and wires were down on Heath Rd at Prospect St. A tree was down on wires on School St.
September 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	North Easton	$1,500	In Easton, a large tree and wires were down at the intersection of Bay Rd and Summer St.
October 2017	Flood	South Easton	-	Flooding in Easton on Belmont Street in front of the 99 Restaurant. There was a public report of a Storm Total Rainfall of 2.96 inches in nearby Brockton.
July 1994	Hail	North Easton	-	Dime-size hail and a wind gust to 57 mph was reported by a spotter. Lightning strikes knocked out power at the high school, fire station, and town hall, and started a fire in the attic of a house.
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	North Easton	-	Dime-size hail and a wind gust to 57 mph was reported by a spotter. Lightning strikes knocked out power at the high school, fire station, and town hall, and started a fire in the attic of a house.
May 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Easton	-	no account filed
August 1996	Hail	Easton	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bristol 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
Five Corners	0.4 miles	39
Easton Center	1.9 miles	39
Pratts Corner	1.9 miles	39
Ginty Corner	1.9 miles	40
Easton Station	2.0 miles	39
Morris Corner	2.3 miles	39
East Mansfield	2.6 miles	40
Morse Corner	2.9 miles	39

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 617621. 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.