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Farley, Massachusetts

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Erving town. It lies in ZIP code area 01344. It stands on Briggs Brook. The Survey maps it on the Millers Falls quadrangle.

Farley within Franklin County

Then and now

1887 to 1990

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 Farley, surveyed 1990
Topographic sheet of Farley, surveyed 1887

Topographic sheets covering this place

32 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

19 since 2006

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Farley between 2006 and 2020, burning about 11 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Debris and open burning10
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1

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
17 August 2020Smokingunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
23 June 2020Smokingunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
23 May 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
29 April 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
22 April 2018Smoking1.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
2 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
2 April 2006Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMassachussetts State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
17 April 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 2,444 shown

Museums hold 2,444 specimens collected within 10 miles of Farley between 1847 and 1975: 966 Animalia, 679 Fungi, 671 Plantae, 114 Unrecorded, 13 Protozoa, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A S Pease, A. Clark, A. Cronquist 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 Dryopteris spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) WattDryopteris spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) Watt1896Leonard, F.E.Northfield, Mass.
A photograph of the species Cinna latifolia, not of this specimenCinna latifolia (Trevir. ex Göpp.) Griseb.1847Russell
unnamed (fossil)1867Othniel C. Marshblack sh, [property of T.M. Stoughton, 1871 Beers County map, previously owned by Dr. Roswell Field], S side of Connecticut River, Horse Race, Montague
A photograph of the species Carex pedunculata, not of this specimenCarex pedunculata Muhl. ex Willd.1892J. R. ChurchillMount Toby
A photograph of the species Carex prasina, not of this specimenCarex prasina Wahlenb.1892J. R. ChurchillMontague
A photograph of the species Carex torta, not of this specimenCarex torta Boott1892J. R. ChurchillMontague
A photograph of the species Hedeoma pulegioides, not of this specimenHedeoma pulegioides (L.) Pers.1892not recordedMt. Toby
Rhexia virginica L.1892not recordedMillers Falls
Spiranthes gracilis (Bigelow) L.C.Beck1892not recordedMt. Toby
A photograph of the species Spiranthes ochroleuca, not of this specimenSpiranthes ochroleuca (Rydb.) Rydb.1894Swinerton, J.R.Greenfield
A photograph of the species Carex plantaginea, not of this specimenCarex plantaginea Lam.1896Sydney HarrisWoods near Factory Village [Note: Location found by Geolocate is in Franklin County]
A photograph of the species Dryopteris intermedia, not of this specimenDryopteris intermedia (Muhl. ex Willd.) A.Gray1896Leonard, F.E.Northfield

All 2,444 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

6 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Farley: 3 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gemstone, Garnet, Garnet, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
Almandine - Garnet OccuranceGemstone, GarnetOccurrenceMetamorphic
Almandine-Garnet OccuranceGarnetOccurrence
Amphibolite Rock Quarry NStonePast Producer
Amphibolite Rock Quarry No. Bj6Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Granite QuarryStone, DimensionOccurrence
Granite QuarryGranitePast Producer

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms nearby

2 since 2020

The National Weather Service names Farley in 2 storm reports between 2020 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
August 2020Thunderstorm WindFarley$500In Erving, a tree was down on Old State Road.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindFarley-In Erving, a tree and wires were down on Wells St.

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
Northfield Farms2.1 miles32
Erving2.2 miles32
Sky Farm2.9 miles36
Stoneville3.0 miles32
Millers Falls3.1 miles32
Grounts Corner3.3 miles32
Gill Station3.7 miles36
Munns Ferry4.0 miles36

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 609149. 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.