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Hinsdale, Massachusetts

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Hinsdale town. It lies in ZIP code area 01235. It stands on Frisell Brook. The Survey maps it on the Pittsfield East quadrangle.

Hinsdale within Berkshire 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 Hinsdale, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Hinsdale, surveyed 1886

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

27 since 2015

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Hinsdale between 2015 and 2018, burning about 19 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 burning18
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
29 August 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
19 July 2016Smoking1.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
12 June 2017Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
3 May 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
27 May 2015Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
23 May 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
22 May 2015Smokingunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Berkshire County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,070 shown

Museums hold 1,070 specimens collected within 10 miles of Hinsdale between 1835 and 1975: 496 Animalia, 366 Plantae, 204 Fungi, 4 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. K. Harrison, A. K. Harrison, Florence, A. Lorenz 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 Bombus ternarius Say, 1837Bombus ternarius Say, 18371898[Not Stated]Hinsdale
Specimen of Potamogeton pusillus subsp. tenuissimus (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) K.Richt.Potamogeton pusillus subsp. tenuissimus (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) K.Richt.1900P. B. Weatherbee
A photograph of the species Persicaria amphibia, not of this specimenPersicaria amphibia (L.) Delarbre1835C. A. ShurtleffPittsfield
A photograph of the species Solidago patula, not of this specimenSolidago patula Muhl. ex Willd.1858Brewer; Chickering
A photograph of the species Homalia jamesii, not of this specimenHomalia jamesii Schimp.1867unknownWaconah Falls State Park
A photograph of the species Homalia trichomanoides, not of this specimenHomalia trichomanoides (Hedw.) Schimp.1867E. C. Howe
A photograph of the species Potentilla fruticosa, not of this specimenPotentilla fruticosa L.1868Redfield, J.H.Pittsfield
A photograph of the species Asplenium rhizophyllum, not of this specimenAsplenium rhizophyllum L.1871Faxon, W.Lenox
A photograph of the species Carex communis, not of this specimenCarex communis var. communis1874J. H. RedfieldBorders of woods, Pittsfield. [Inferred county from precise loc.]
A photograph of the species Euphorbia cyparissias, not of this specimenEuphorbia cyparissias L.1874Redfield, John H.Pittsfield; [illegible].
A photograph of the species Dichelyma capillaceum, not of this specimenDichelyma capillaceum (Dicks.) Myrin1875N. Coleman
A photograph of the species Claytonia caroliniana, not of this specimenClaytonia caroliniana Michx.1899Collector unspecified on labelBetween Pittsfield of Hancock.

All 1,070 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

5 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Hinsdale: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Asbestos. 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
Hinsdale PitAsbestosProducer
Dalton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dalton Pit /Genrl Sand & StoneSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dalton PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Donovan Blacktop Service IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Berkshire County

Storms nearby

10 since 1994

The National Weather Service names Hinsdale in 10 storm reports between 1994 and 2014: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flash flood, 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
May 1997Thunderstorm WindHinsdale$4,000no account filed
July 2014Thunderstorm WindHinsdale-A tree was downed in Hinsdale due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2011HailHinsdale-Golf ball size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Hinsdale.
July 2011Flash FloodHinsdale-A person was reported trapped in a vehicle on Route 8 in Hinsdale.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindHinsdale-A tree was reported down on wires across Route 8 in Hinsdale. An 85-year man was killed after his motorcycle crashed into the fallen tree which was entangled with live electric wires. Multiple trees and wires were reported down on Middlefield Road in Peru.
March 2010FloodHinsdale-Kirchner Road in Hinsdale was reported closed due to flooding.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindHinsdale-Several trees were reported down in Hinsdale due to strong thunderstorm winds.
September 2004Flash FloodHinsdale-Breach in metal supports of a dam spillway along the Plunkett River caused flooding on Commonwealth Avenue. Part of the Conrail tracks were washed out.
September 1994HailHinsdale-Quarter-size hail was reported.
May 2001HailHinsdale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Berkshire 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 Emerson0.6 miles37
Camp Wyoma0.7 miles37
Camp Romaca0.9 miles37
Camp Lenore1.7 miles37
Camp Taconic2.1 miles37
Camp Ashmere2.5 miles37
Beechwood Estates2.7 miles37
Camp Danbee2.7 miles37

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 607472. 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.