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Goshen, Massachusetts

38 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Goshen town. It lies in ZIP code area 01032. It stands on Mollison Hill. The Survey maps it on the Goshen quadrangle.

Goshen within Hampshire County

Then and now

1886 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 111 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Goshen, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Goshen, surveyed 1886

Compare 1886 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

38 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

13 since 2015

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Goshen between 2015 and 2020, burning about 37 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
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3

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
11 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
31 July 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
25 June 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
19 June 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
7 May 2020Equipment and vehicle use25 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
2 May 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
16 May 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
3 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hampshire County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,556 shown

Museums hold 1,556 specimens collected within 10 miles of Goshen between 1825 and 1975: 924 Plantae, 450 Fungi, 161 Animalia, 17 Protozoa, 2 Unrecorded, 2 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A V Osmun, A., A. Gurney 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 Buellia disciformis (Fr.) MuddBuellia disciformis (Fr.) Mudd1900George P. ClintonHammond Pond
Specimen of Graphis scripta (L.) Ach.Graphis scripta (L.) Ach.1900George P. ClintonHammond Pond
A photograph of the species Carex pauciflora, not of this specimenCarex pauciflora Lightf.1825Collector unspecifiedAshfield. [Inferred county from precise loc.]
A photograph of the species Veratrum viride, not of this specimenVeratrum viride subsp. viride1847not recordedBrunswick and Goshen
A photograph of the species Dichanthelium depauperatum, not of this specimenDichanthelium depauperatum (Muhl.) Gould1868Joseph BlakeWesthampton
A photograph of the species Halenia deflexa, not of this specimenHalenia deflexa (Sm.) Griseb.1868Collector(s): Henry Griswold JesupCummington
A photograph of the species Botrychium matricariifolium, not of this specimenBotrychium matricariifolium (Döll) A.Braun ex Koch1873H. G. Jesup
Botrychium virginianum subsp. typicum R.T.Clausen1873Jesup, H.G.Goshen.
A photograph of the species Phegopteris connectilis, not of this specimenPhegopteris connectilis (Michx.) Watt1873H. G. Jesup
A photograph of the species Phegopteris hexagonoptera, not of this specimenPhegopteris hexagonoptera (Michx.) Fée1873H. G. Jesup
A photograph of the species Botrychium lanceolatum, not of this specimenBotrychium lanceolatum (S.G.Gmel.) Ångstr.1874H. G. Jesup
A photograph of the species Diphasiastrum tristachyum, not of this specimenDiphasiastrum tristachyum (Pursh) Holub1874Jesup, H.G.Conway

All 1,556 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 21 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Goshen: 8 occurrences, 7 past producers, 5 producers, 1 prospect. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Lithium, Iron, Stone, Stone, Dimension. 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
Flagstone QuarryStone, DimensionProducerMetamorphic
Flagstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Goshen-Lithia AreaTin, LithiumOccurrence1823
Bog Iron OccurrenceIronOccurrence
Bog Iron OccurrenceIronOccurrence
Whetstone QuarryStoneProducerMetamorphic
Whetstone QuarryStonePast Producer
Barrus Property Lithia MineLithiumOccurrence
Barrus Property Lithia MineLithiumOccurrence
Clark Ledge Lithia MineLithiumProducerFeldspar

Every working recorded in Hampshire County

Storms nearby

18 since 2004

The National Weather Service names Goshen in 18 storm reports between 2004 and 2021: 13 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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
February 2017Tornado (EF1)Goshen$250,000A tornado touched down in Goshen at Pine Road, just to the east of Hammond Pond. Several pine trees were snapped mid-way and two homes were damaged by trees falling onto them. A portion of Route 9 was closed between the Fire Station and the intersection with Route 112. There was significant tree damage on the southwest shore of Highland Lake, with numerous trees snapped half-way up from their bases and many uprooted. The tornado crossed Highland Lake and imagery received after-the-fact from town officials also indicated significant tree damage on the northeast side of Highland Lake from Camp Howe southward along Headquarters Road into the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) State Forest. The damage was consistent with 90 mph wind gusts, with a rating of EF-1 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale.|The tornado was on the ground for 2.9 miles with a maximum width of 100 yards. It lasted from 718-721 PM before lifting up briefly and then touching down again in Conway, MA.
July 2015Flash FloodGoshen$50,000Route 9 between South Street and River Road was washed out, impassable, severely damaged and closed by the Massachusetts State Police. In addition, portions of Route 9 and Old Goshen Road were closed due to mudslides. Hyde Hill Road also was washed out. A basement was flooded with one foot of water on Village Hill Road.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindGoshen$20,000no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindGoshen$13,000Trees and wires were downed by thunderstorm winds.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindGoshen$5,000A tree was downed onto wires.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindGoshen$5,000A tree on Spruce Corner Road was downed onto wires by thunderstorm winds.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindGoshen$5,000Trees and wires on Spruce Corner Road were downed by thunderstorm winds.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindGoshen$5,000A large tree on Old Chesterfield Road was downed by thunderstorm winds.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindGoshen$4,000Multiple trees and wires down on Main Street in Goshen.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindGoshen$3,000At 4:27 PM EST wind from a thunderstorm brought a tree down on a house on Pine Road in Goshen.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindGoshen$3,000A tree and wires on Williams Drive were downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindGoshen$3,000Two trees on Route 9 were downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindGoshen$500In Cummington, a tree was down on Berkshire Trail (Route 9).
July 2009Thunderstorm WindGoshen$500Large limbs were downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindGoshen-An amateur radio operator recorded a 61 mph wind gust on their home weather station. No damage was reported.
September 2004Flash FloodGoshen-Lowland flooding
August 2008HailGoshen-no account filed
August 2008HailGoshen-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hampshire 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 Howe0.9 miles38
Lithia2.2 miles38
Swift River3.1 miles38
Searsville4.0 miles42
Chesterfield4.0 miles38
Bisbee Mill4.7 miles37
West Chesterfield4.8 miles35
Williamsburg4.9 miles42

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 608589. 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.