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Gibbs Grove, Massachusetts

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Middleborough town. It lies in ZIP code area 02346. It stands on Woods Brook. The Survey maps it on the Snipatuit Pond quadrangle.

Gibbs Grove within Plymouth County

Then and now

1885 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 109 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Gibbs Grove, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Gibbs Grove, surveyed 1885

Topographic sheets covering this place

35 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

91 since 2015

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Gibbs Grove between 2015 and 2020, burning about 82 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 burning50
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
19 September 2020Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
17 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlMIDDLEBOROUGH
16 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlMIDDLEBOROUGH
1 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
9 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlMIDDLEBOROUGH
6 August 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
4 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
3 August 2018Misuse 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 Plymouth County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 668 shown

Museums hold 668 specimens collected within 10 miles of Gibbs Grove between 1855 and 1975: 367 Plantae, 174 Animalia, 107 Fungi, 15 Protozoa, 5 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A., A. B. Seymour, A. Humes 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 Trientalis borealis Raf.Trientalis borealis Raf.1900not recorded
A photograph of the species Condylura cristata, not of this specimenCondylura cristata (Linnaeus, 1758)1855Preparator(s): Edwin V. KomarekMiddleboro
A photograph of the species Microtus pennsylvanicus, not of this specimenMicrotus pennsylvanicus pennsylvanicus (Ord, 1815)1855John W. JenksMiddleboro
A photograph of the species Peromyscus leucopus, not of this specimenPeromyscus leucopus (Rafinesque, 1818)1855John W. JenksMiddleboro
A photograph of the species Arethusa bulbosa, not of this specimenArethusa bulbosa L.1899J. Murdoch, Jr.Middleborough
A photograph of the species Carex comosa, not of this specimenCarex comosa Boott1899J. Murdoch, Jr.Middleborough
A photograph of the species Carex crinita, not of this specimenCarex crinita Lam.1899J. Murdoch, Jr.Middleborough
A photograph of the species Carex folliculata, not of this specimenCarex folliculata L.1899J. Murdoch, Jr.Middleborough
Carex merritt-fernaldii Mack.1899J. Murdoch, Jr.Middleborough
A photograph of the species Carex virescens, not of this specimenCarex virescens Muhl. ex Willd.1899J. Murdoch, Jr.Middleborough
Epilobium latifolium L.1899J. Murdoch, Jr.Middleborough
Juncus effusus L.1899J. Murdoch, Jr.Middleborough

All 668 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

8 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Gibbs Grove: 5 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Simeone Corp Carver Plant /QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Byrne Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Carver Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lakeville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Nemasket Const PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Plymouth Pit & Plant, Brook St.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand & Gravel OperationSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Southeastern Construction CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Plymouth 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
Camp Avoda0.2 miles35
Camp Yomechas0.6 miles35
Thomastown1.2 miles37
Rock1.8 miles35
Lakeside2.8 miles34
The Green3.0 miles36
Maxim Corner3.1 miles37
Middleboro3.1 miles36

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122588577The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 614428. 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.