Lakeview Heights, Massachusetts
43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Webster town. It lies in ZIP code area 01570. It lies near Emerson Hill. The Survey maps it on the Oxford quadrangle.
Then and now
1889 to 1989The 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 sheets covering this place
19 surveys from 43 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1889 USGS Webster quadrangle1:62500
- 1892 USGS Webster quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1908 USGS Quinsigamond quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1921 USGS Webster quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Quinsigamond quadrangle1:125000
- 1946 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1969 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:25000
- 1975 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:25000
- 1982 USGS Webster quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Boston quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Boston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
10,167 words on this townshipHistory of Worcester County, Massachusetts, published 1889 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Webster Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Webster Town - 10,167 words.
Fires near this place
88 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Lakeview Heights between 2007 and 2020, burning about 130 acres in total. 1 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 burning | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
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 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Connecticut Division of Forestry | BAKER RD/QUADDICK TOWN FARM ROAD |
| 6 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 5 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 19 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Connecticut Division of Forestry | 1175 RIVERSIDE DRIVE |
| 1 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Rhode Island Division of Forest Environment | not named |
| 8 August 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 6 August 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 4 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 412 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 412 specimens collected within 10 miles of Lakeview Heights between 1848 and 1974: 202 Animalia, 154 Plantae, 42 Fungi, 10 Protozoa, 4 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. B. Seymour, A. R. Hodgdon; F. L. Steele, A. S. Pease 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Chilonectria coryli (Fuckel) Ellis & Everh. | 1896 | Henderson | |
![]() | Coryneum pulvinatum Kunze | 1897 | D. Murray | |
![]() | Carex vesicaria L. | 1848 | J. W. Robbins | |
![]() | Carex brevior (Dewey) Mack. | 1855 | J. W. Robbins | |
![]() | Carex normalis Mack. | 1855 | J. W. Robbins | |
![]() | Carex siccata Dewey | 1855 | J. W. Robbins | |
![]() | Carex straminea Willd. ex Schkuhr | 1855 | J. W. Robbins | |
![]() | Hyla versicolor LeConte, 1825 | 1857 | Weinland, David Friedrich | |
![]() | Bufo americanus Holbrook, 1836 | 1859 | not recorded | |
![]() | Pseudacris crucifer (Wied-Neuwied, 1838) | 1859 | Weinland, David Friedrich | |
![]() | Rana pipiens Schreber, 1782 | 1859 | Weinland, David Friedrich | |
| Sterna hirundo hirundo Linnaeus, 1758 | 1892 | Babbitt, J P | Massachusetts |
All 412 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Lakeview Heights: 10 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Haven Traprock Co. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Janeczek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Janeczek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Leo Construction Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Minarik Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Minarik Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sunny Shores, Inc. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wallis Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Webster Dudley Sand and Gravel Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Webster Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wawela Park | 0.7 miles | 43 | |
| Loveland | 1.1 miles | 43 | |
| Colonial Park | 1.2 miles | 43 | |
| East Village | 2.4 miles | 43 | |
| Webster | 3.0 miles | 42 | |
| Fennerville | 3.1 miles | 42 | |
| Merino Village (historical) | 3.4 miles | 42 | |
| Merino Village | 3.5 miles | 42 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1980006. 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.





























