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Fayville, Massachusetts

42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Southborough town. It lies in ZIP code area 01745. It lies near Oak Hill. The Survey maps it on the Marlborough quadrangle.

Fayville within Worcester County

Then and now

1887 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 102 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Fayville, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Fayville, surveyed 1887

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 surveys from 42 printed 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

5,304 words on this township

History of Worcester County, Massachusetts, published 1889 names this settlement in its chapter on Southborough Town. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

In 1872, Curtis Newton and Dexter Newton, sons of Stephen and Sally Newton, having purchased the large estate of the late Col. Dexter Fay, erected, with the assistance of Daniel H. Thompson, Joseph Fairbanks, Allan D. Howe and Lewis Brewer, a shoefactory in Fayville, forty by fifty feet. Since that time the factory has been twice enlarged, so that now it contains over forty-six thousand feet of flooring. The last addition was made by Dexter Newton, Joseph Fairbanks, Allan D. Howe, Henry H. Newton and Augusta E. Brewer, who are the present owners of the factory. It is leased to H. H. Mawhinney & Co.; Allan D. Howe, superiutendent.

Passage source: History of Worcester County, Massachusetts, published 1889.

St. Miiltliew's Catholic Church, located between Cordaville atid Sdutliville, was built in 1S79. St. Anne's Catholic Church was built in 1887, and located between Fayville and Southboro' Centre. Rev. John F. Redican is rector of both societies. He was born in Worcester, April 2, 1858 ; is a graduate of the public schools of Worcester, also of the Holy Cross College, Worcester, Mass; studied theology in Montreal University ; was ordained in Montreal ; spent five years as assistant in Webster ; came to Cordaville as first pastor of St. Matthew's Church November 26, 1886.

Passage source: History of Worcester County, Massachusetts, published 1889.

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 Southborough Town.

Fires near this place

131 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Fayville between 2015 and 2020, burning about 113 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 burning59
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Recreation and ceremony12
Arson/incendiarism8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Other causes1
Natural1
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 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
7 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
7 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlMARLBORO
6 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
5 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
29 September 2018Smokingunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
25 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
23 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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 near this place

12 of 644 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 644 specimens collected within 10 miles of Fayville between 1858 and 1975: 267 Fungi, 265 Animalia, 109 Plantae, 2 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. B. Seymour, A. P. D. Piguet, A. R. Hodgdon; F. L. Steele 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 Chrysosplenium americanum Schwein. ex Hook.Chrysosplenium americanum Schwein. ex Hook.1899E. F. Williams
A photograph of the species Quercus velutina, not of this specimenQuercus velutina Lam.1858E. S. HoarRoad to Marlboro, Concord.
A photograph of the species Condylura cristata, not of this specimenCondylura cristata cristata (Linnaeus, 1758)1859E S WheelerBERLIN
A photograph of the species Carex vulpinoidea, not of this specimenCarex vulpinoidea Michx.1861not recorded
A photograph of the species Saemundssonia merguli, not of this specimenSaemundssonia merguli (Denny, 1842)1871W. Hope
A photograph of the species Chaetura pelagica, not of this specimenChaetura pelagica (Linnaeus, 1758)1873Collector(s): William BrewsterUpton
A photograph of the species Carex recta, not of this specimenCarex recta Boott1878not recorded
A photograph of the species Ensis directus, not of this specimenEnsis directus (Conrad, 1844)1881EatonMassachusetts
A photograph of the species Equisetum sylvaticum, not of this specimenEquisetum sylvaticum L.1882W. Deane
Fungi1882S. Higginson
Arphia sulphurea (Fabricius, 1781)1892unknownWellesley
A photograph of the species Castilleja coccinea, not of this specimenCastilleja coccinea (L.) Spreng.1892E. C. SmithMarboro.

All 644 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Fayville: 4 past producers, 2 producers, 2 plants, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Iron, 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
Ashland QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hawkridge Bros--Ashland, Ma.IronPlant
Trimount Bituminous ProdGranitePast ProducerGranite
Ashland PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Ashland PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ashland Sand and Gravel CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Hopkinton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Hopkinton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hopkinton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Worcester County

Storms near this place

8 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fayville in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
July 2009LightningFayville1 hurtA police officer was trying to open a garage bay door at the police station when lightning struck nearby, traveled through the ground and the building and shocked him. He was treated and released from a local hospital.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindFayville$120,000In addition to damage in Westborough, the NWS storm survey team found another concentrated area of damage in Southborough in the vicinity of Central Street, just north of Route 9. In particular, concentrated damage was observed along Winter Street off Central Street and to the north along Route 30/Boston Road, where a series of telephone poles were snapped off. The dimensions of this area were about a quarter of a mile square. A large Norway spruce tree was uprooted onto a house on Winter Street and other trees completely blocked Winter Street for a time. A gazebo was crushed by a large tree at a park off Central and Winter Streets.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindFayville$15,000Trees on Walnut Drive were downed onto wires by thunderstorm winds.
August 2022LightningFayville$10,000In Southborough, there was a house fire due to a lightning strike on the 20th block of Sears Road.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindFayville$10,000In Southborough, many large trees and limbs were down between Route 9 and Route 30. |Parkerville Road and Deerfoot Road were closed. Report relayed by amateur radio.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindFayville$5,000A large tree and tree limbs on Main Street were downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindFayville$5,000Trees on Southville Road were downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2018Flash FloodFayville-At 3:50 PM EST, heavy rain brought one foot of flooding at the intersection of state route 9 and state route 126 in Framingham.

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
Southborough1.3 miles42
Cordaville2.0 miles42
Southville2.5 miles42
Westborough6.1 miles42
Wessonville6.4 miles44
Chapinville7.0 miles42
Woodside7.0 miles44
Ward Corner7.2 miles44

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 611336. 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.