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Hadley, Massachusetts

44 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hadley town. It lies in ZIP code area 01035. It stands on Harts Brook. The Survey maps it on the Mount Holyoke quadrangle.

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Hadley within Hampshire County

Then and now

1885 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hadley, surveyed 1985

Topographic sheet of Hadley, surveyed 1885

Topographic sheets covering this place

44 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.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Hadley town, in the words of 1898.

1898, Hadley Town

Quintin Stockwell

These few lines are to let you understand that we are arrived at Albany now with the captives, and we now stand in need of assistance, for my charges is very great and heavy; and therefore any that have any love to our condition, let it move them to come and help us in this strait. Three of the captives are murdered, - old Goodman Plympton, Samuel Foot's daughter,Samuel Russell.

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Photographs

8 photographs, 1938

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

New England hurricane. Salvaging onions near Hadley, Massachusetts
Dick, Sheldon, photographer, 1938. Library of Congress

New England hurricane. Onion field near Hadley, Massachusetts
Dick, Sheldon, photographer, 1938. Library of Congress

Tobacco Barns, Old Hadley Street, Hadley, Hampshire County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress

Huntington House, 130 River Drive, Hadley, Hampshire County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress

Samuel Porter House, West Street, Hadley, Hampshire County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress

S. Parsons Cook House, 70 East Street, Hadley, Hampshire County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress

Fires nearby

79 since 2001

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Hadley between 2001 and 2020, burning about 301 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	33
Equipment and vehicle use	16
Debris and open burning	14
Recreation and ceremony	10
Arson/incendiarism	4
Natural	2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
7 September 2015	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control	not named
2 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control	not named
18 September 2020	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Sylvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge	MILL RV DIV MA-SCR #4
18 September 2020	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Sylvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge	MILL RV DIV MA-SCR #3
17 September 2020	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Sylvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge	MILL RV DIV MA-SCR #2
15 September 2020	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Sylvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge	MILL RV DIV MA-SCR #1
15 September 2015	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control	not named
30 August 2016	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hampshire County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 8,866 shown

Museums hold 8,866 specimens collected within 10 miles of Hadley between 1781 and 1975: 3,612 Animalia, 3,372 Plantae, 1,667 Fungi, 137 Chromista, 67 Protozoa, 10 Unrecorded, 1 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A V Osmun, A., A. Albee 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.

Species	Year	Collected by	Where, as recorded
Cercospora violae Sacc.	1895	Ralph E. Smith	Hothouse, Mass. Agr. College, Amherst
Actias luna Linnaeus, 1758	1896	not recorded
Plathemis lydia (Drury, 1773)	1896	not recorded
Carex argyrantha Tuck. ex Dewey	1781	H. G. Jesup	Amherst in Hampshire Co., and Leverett in Franklin Co., Massachusetts. [Inferred counties from precise loc.]
Carex foenea Willd.	1781	H. G. Jesup	And Leverett
Ustilago nuda (C.N.Jensen) Kellerm. & Swingle	1810	J.E. Humphrey
Ranunculus ambigens S.Watson	1831	S. Shurtleff
Kalmia angustifolia f. angustifolia	1838	L. DeWette	Northampton.
Kalmia latifolia var. latifolia	1838	L. DeWette	Northampton.
Pogonia ophioglossoides (L.) Ker Gawl.	1838	L. DeWette	Northampton.
Dactylis glomerata L.	1839	S J Ewer
Solidago arguta Aiton	1841	Collector(s): Henry Holmes Babcock, Henry Griswold Jesup	Amherst

All 8,866 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 18 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Hadley: 9 producers, 8 past producers, 1 unknown. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Brick Clay, Clay, Stone, Dimension, Barium-Barite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Granite Rock Quarry	Granite	Past Producer
Hatfield Lead Mine	Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer	Vein
Hatfield Lead Mine	Barium-Barite, Zinc, Lead	Producer	Barite, Galena, Sphalerite
Hatfield Lead Mine	Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Sandstone Quarry	Flagstone	Past Producer
Amherst Plant No. 5	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Amherst Quarry Plant#5	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
Granite Rock Quarry	Stone, Dimension	Producer
Sandstone Quarry	Stone, Dimension	Producer	Sandstone
Clay Pit	Clay	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Hampshire County

Storms nearby

36 since 1996

The National Weather Service names Hadley in 36 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 21 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 5 flash flood, 2 lightning. 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
May 2014	Flash Flood	South Hadley	$50,000	In Northampton, Route 9 near the VA hospital was flooded with a foot of water. Portions of Market and State Streets were flooded. King Street was flooded in front of the McDonald's. Multiple basements along Church Street were flooded with 6 to 8 feet of water. Portions of route 202 in South Hadley were flooded with at least a foot of water.
June 2013	Flash Flood	Hadley	$45,000	Multiple cars became stuck in flood waters on Route 116 and several basements were flooded on North Pleasant Street.
May 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Hadley	$30,000	Numerous trees were downed throughout Hadley.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Hadley	$30,000	Trees on Route 47 in Hadley were downed by thunderstorm winds. In Amherst, trees and wires on Mill Valley, Moody Bridge, and Chapel Roads and East Pleasant, Mechanic and East Maple Streets were downed by thunderstorm winds. One of these trees was downed onto a car. Two water treatment plants were also damaged in the resulting power loss in Amherst.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Hadley	$20,000	Trees and wires on Rocky Hill Road and Farm Lane were downed by thunderstorm winds. One of these trees closed Farm Lane until the tree could be removed.
October 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Hadley	$20,000	A tree and wires on Mockanum Road were downed onto a house.
May 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Hadley	$20,000	Large limbs and wires were downed on Route 47 in Hadley. A tree was downed by thunderstorm winds onto a car on Mill Valley Road.
May 1998	Lightning	Hadley	$20,000	no account filed
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	South Hadley	$15,000	Large branches were downed in South Hadley.
June 2003	Flash Flood	South Hadley	$15,000	no account filed
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Hadley	$10,000	Trees and wires on Bay Road were downed by thunderstorm winds.
May 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	South Hadley	$10,000	Numerous branches were downed by thunderstorm winds, including one large branch that blocked Ferry Street.
August 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Hadley	$5,000	Wires on River Road were downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Hadley	$5,000	A tree on Bay Road in Hadley was downed onto a house.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Hadley	$2,600	In Hadley, trees and wires were down on North Lane and on South Maple Street.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	South Hadley	$2,000	In South Hadley, a tree was reported to have damaged the back of a house.
August 2019	Lightning	Hadley	$1,000	In Hadley, a building was struck by lightning, causing some smoke, on the 300 block of Russell Street.
May 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Hadley	$1,000	Trees on Route 47 were downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Hadley	$1,000	no account filed
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Hadley	$500	A large limb on Mockingbird Lane was downed by thunderstorm winds.
September 2025	Hail	South Hadley	-	In South Hadley 0.75 inch hail fell.
September 2023	Flash Flood	North Hadley	-	In Amherst, a river was overflowing and there was basement flooding.
September 2023	Flash Flood	North Hadley	-	In Amherst, there was reported street flooding with vehicles stranded.
July 2020	Hail	South Hadley	-	In South Hadley, dime size hail at 1115 AM EST increased over the next 5 minutes to half dollar size hail at 1120 AM EST.
May 2017	Hail	Hadley	-	At 505 PM EST, quarter size hail fell at East Hadley.
August 2017	Hail	Hadley	-	At 1:28 PM EST, one-inch diameter hail was covering the ground at Hadley.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Hadley	-	Many tree limbs on River Drive were downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2007	Hail	South Hadley	-	Penny size hail.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Hadley	-	Trees and wires downed.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	South Hadley	-	Large limbs down.
May 2001	Hail	South Hadley	-	no account filed
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	South Hadley	-	no account filed
May 1998	Hail	South Hadley	-	no account filed
July 1997	Hail	South Hadley	-	no account filed
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Hadley	-	no account filed
August 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	South Hadley	-	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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
East Hadley	1.8 miles	44
Hatfield	2.1 miles	44
Laurel Park	3.0 miles	42
Northampton	3.0 miles	42
North Hadley	3.1 miles	42
Plainville	3.2 miles	42
West Hatfield	3.3 miles	42
Hockanum	3.5 miles	44

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 609014. 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.