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Jabez Corner, Massachusetts

39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Plymouth town. It lies in ZIP code area 02360. It stands on Eel River. The Survey maps it on the Plymouth quadrangle.

Jabez Corner within Plymouth County

Then and now

1886 to 1994

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 Jabez Corner, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Jabez Corner, surveyed 1886

Topographic sheets covering this place

39 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

289 since 2006

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 289 fires within 5 miles of Jabez Corner between 2006 and 2020, burning about 90 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 8 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 burning191
Missing data/not specified/undetermined55
Misuse of fire by a minor23
Arson/incendiarism8
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural3
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
8 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlPLYMOUTH
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlPLYMOUTH
6 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlPLYMOUTH
5 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
5 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlPLYMOUTH
28 September 2020Misuse of fire by a minor1.2 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlKINGS PLAIN FIRE
26 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
24 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlPLYMOUTH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Plymouth County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 2,575 shown

Museums hold 2,575 specimens collected within 10 miles of Jabez Corner between 1816 and 1975: 1,954 Animalia, 370 Plantae, 179 Fungi, 53 Chromista, 14 Protozoa, 5 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by -- Russell, A., A. Humes 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 Taphrina Fr., 1815Taphrina Fr., 18151900Seymour, Arthur BlissPlymouth Woods, Mass. [Massachusetts]
Specimen of Tolyposporium eriocauli G.P.ClintonTolyposporium eriocauli G.P.Clinton1900G.P. Clinton
Specimen of Trientalis borealis Raf.Trientalis borealis Raf.1900not recorded
A photograph of the species Sparganium L., not of this specimenSparganium L.1816Boott, J.W.Plymouth, Mass.ts.
A photograph of the species Juncus greenei, not of this specimenJuncus greenei Oakes & Tuck.1825W. OakesPlymouth
A photograph of the species Baptisia tinctoria, not of this specimenBaptisia tinctoria (L.) R.Br.1837J. Blake
A photograph of the species Myriophyllum humile, not of this specimenMyriophyllum humile (Raf.) Morong1838W Oakes
A photograph of the species Utricularia cornuta, not of this specimenUtricularia cornuta Michx.1840NonePlymouth
Carex stellata Mack.1842Collector unspecified[Half May Pond], Plymouth.
A photograph of the species Pseudevernia consocians, not of this specimenPseudevernia consocians (Vainio) Hale & W.L.Culb.1849-- RussellKingston
A photograph of the species Amaranthus hybridus, not of this specimenAmaranthus hybridus L.1855not recorded
Phylloporus rhodoxanthus (Schwein.) Bres.1899Dr. Hallock

All 2,575 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

2 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Jabez Corner: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Nevada Construction CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Plymouth Pit & Plant Wethers IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Plymouth 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
Chiltonville1.1 miles39
Patuxet (historical)1.4 miles39
Plymouth1.4 miles39
Beach Park1.4 miles35
North Plymouth2.6 miles39
South Pond2.7 miles39
Cordage3.3 miles39
Fort Standish3.7 miles39

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 Q122572210The 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 615157. 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.