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Hales Crossing, Massachusetts

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Bernardston town. It lies in ZIP code area 01337. The Survey maps it on the Bernardston quadrangle.

Hales Crossing within Franklin County

Then and now

1890 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 108 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hales Crossing, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Hales Crossing, surveyed 1890

Topographic sheets covering this place

37 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

28 since 2017

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Hales Crossing between 2017 and 2020, burning about 17 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
Debris and open burning19
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes2

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
14 July 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
11 June 2018Other causes3.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
31 May 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
31 May 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
23 May 2020Smokingunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
17 May 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
30 April 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
30 April 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,690 shown

Museums hold 1,690 specimens collected within 10 miles of Hales Crossing between 1822 and 1975: 769 Plantae, 567 Animalia, 242 Fungi, 112 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A S Pease, A. Cronquist, A. J. Grout 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 Dryopteris spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) WattDryopteris spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) Watt1896Leonard, F.E.Northfield, Mass.
A photograph of the species Ptilidium pulcherrimum, not of this specimenPtilidium pulcherrimum (Weber) Hampe1822Ebenezer Emmons
A photograph of the species Cinna latifolia, not of this specimenCinna latifolia (Trevir. ex Göpp.) Griseb.1847Russell
unnamed (fossil)1867Othniel C. Marshblack sh, [property of T.M. Stoughton, 1871 Beers County map, previously owned by Dr. Roswell Field], S side of Connecticut River, Horse Race, Montague
A photograph of the species Carex prasina, not of this specimenCarex prasina Wahlenb.1892J. R. ChurchillMontague
A photograph of the species Carex torta, not of this specimenCarex torta Boott1892J. R. ChurchillMontague
Rhexia virginica L.1892not recordedMillers Falls
A photograph of the species Spiranthes ochroleuca, not of this specimenSpiranthes ochroleuca (Rydb.) Rydb.1894Swinerton, J.R.Greenfield
A photograph of the species Potamogeton bicupulatus, not of this specimenPotamogeton bicupulatus Fernald1895A. J. GroutLily Pond
A photograph of the species Carex plantaginea, not of this specimenCarex plantaginea Lam.1896Sydney HarrisWoods near Factory Village [Note: Location found by Geolocate is in Franklin County]
A photograph of the species Dryopteris intermedia, not of this specimenDryopteris intermedia (Muhl. ex Willd.) A.Gray1896Leonard, F.E.Northfield
A photograph of the species Cyperus lupulinus, not of this specimenCyperus lupulinus var. macilentus (Fernald) A.Haines1899J. A. BatesMiller's Falls

All 1,690 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 15 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Hales Crossing: 7 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Slate, Dimension, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
Bernardston Magnetite OccurenceIron, Sulfur, CopperOccurrenceReplacement
Bernardston Magnetite OccurrenceIron, Copper, SulfurPast Producer
Turner Falls Copper Occurence NorthCopper, Barium-BariteOccurrenceMalachite
Turner Falls Copper Occurence SouthwestBarium-Barite, Copper, IronOccurrence
Turner Falls Copper ProspectBarium-Barite, CopperProspect
Amphibolite Rock Quarry NStonePast Producer
Amphibolite Rock Quarry NStonePast Producer
Amphibolite Rock Quarry No. Bj5Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Amphibolite Rock Quarry No. Bj6Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Greenfield PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Franklin 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
Bernardston1.4 miles37
Factory Village (historical)2.6 miles32
Cold Spring2.7 miles37
Riverside3.1 miles32
Turners Falls3.5 miles32
Gill3.5 miles36
Mount Hermon4.3 miles36
Mount Hermon Station4.4 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 Q122593033The 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 608749. 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.