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Gleasondale, Massachusetts

43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Stow town. It lies in ZIP code area 01775. It stands on Orchard Hill. The Survey maps it on the Hudson quadrangle.

Gleasondale within Middlesex County

Then and now

1887 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 110 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Gleasondale, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Gleasondale, surveyed 1887

Compare 1887 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

43 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 1908 county history

9,652 words on this township

The county history of 1908 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Stow Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on Stow Town - 9,652 words.

Fires nearby

122 since 2003

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Gleasondale between 2003 and 2020, burning about 97 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 burning58
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Recreation and ceremony17
Arson/incendiarism9
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Fireworks1

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
7 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlMARLBORO
5 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
28 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
23 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
20 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
20 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
16 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
14 September 2016Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Middlesex County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 635 shown

Museums hold 635 specimens collected within 10 miles of Gleasondale between 1898 and 1975: 388 Animalia, 201 Plantae, 45 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. B. Seymour, A. C. Gibson, A. F. Newton 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 Corvus brachyrhynchos brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822Corvus brachyrhynchos brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 18221900not recordedWayland
A photograph of the species Boletus griseus, not of this specimenBoletus griseus Frost1898H. Webster
A photograph of the species Bromus ciliatus, not of this specimenBromus ciliatus L.1898Ernest Charles SmithFramingham.
A photograph of the species Bromus secalinus, not of this specimenBromus secalinus L.1898Arthur FrenchFramingham.
A photograph of the species Carex brevior, not of this specimenCarex brevior (Dewey) Mack. ex Lunell1898Ernest Charles SmithFramingham.
A photograph of the species Carex laxiflora, not of this specimenCarex laxiflora Lam.1898Ernest Charles SmithFramingham.
A photograph of the species Carex pallescens, not of this specimenCarex pallescens L.1898Ernest Charles SmithFramingham.
A photograph of the species Carex straminea, not of this specimenCarex straminea Willd. ex Schkuhr1898Ernest Charles SmithFramingham.
A photograph of the species Carex vulgaris, not of this specimenCarex vulgaris var. hydrophila Holm1898Arthur FrenchFramingham.
A photograph of the species Dichanthelium sabulorum, not of this specimenDichanthelium sabulorum var. patulum (Scribn. & Merr.) Gould & C.A.Clark1898Ernest Charles SmithFramingham.
A photograph of the species Boletus auriporus, not of this specimenBoletus auriporus Peck1900G. E. Morris
A photograph of the species Boletus rubropunctus, not of this specimenBoletus rubropunctus Peck1900G. E. Morris

All 635 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 16 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Gleasondale: 10 past producers, 4 producers, 2 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Berlin Stone Co QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Gneiss QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Boxborough PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
C and M EnterprisesSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Casaceli TruckingSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Casaceli Trucking PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Haynes PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hudson PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Kane Corporation PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Melone PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Middlesex County

Storms nearby

5 since 2014

The National Weather Service names Gleasondale in 5 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2014LightningGleasondale$200,000Lightning struck a house on Hudson Road, setting it on fire. News reports indicated the house was a total loss. In addition, four firefighters were transported to the hospital for heat exhaustion and dehydration.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindGleasondale$3,500In Stow, a tree was down on a house on Golden Drive. Also, a tree was down at the intersection of Randall Road and Hudson Road.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindGleasondale$1,600In Stow, trees and power lines were down at the intersection of Sudbury Road and Whitman Street.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindGleasondale$100In Stow, there were downed tree tree limbs on Rt 62.
August 2023FloodGleasondale-In Hudson, the intersection of Main St and Chestnut St was flooded.

Every storm recorded in Middlesex 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
Gleasondale Station0.7 miles43
Hudson2.3 miles43
Stow2.4 miles43
Lower Village2.9 miles43
Browns Corner3.6 miles43
Pine Lake3.9 miles43
Marlborough4.4 miles42
Maynard4.5 miles43

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 611231. 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.