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Matfield Junction, Massachusetts

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in West Bridgewater town. It lies in ZIP code area 02379. It stands on Salisbury Plain River. The Survey maps it on the Whitman quadrangle.

Matfield Junction within Plymouth County

Then and now

1885 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Matfield Junction, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Matfield Junction, surveyed 1885

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

406 since 2004

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 406 fires within 5 miles of Matfield Junction between 2004 and 2020, burning about 177 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 10 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 burning202
Missing data/not specified/undetermined135
Misuse of fire by a minor33
Smoking13
Arson/incendiarism10
Recreation and ceremony8
Natural5

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
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlBROCKTON
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlBROCKTON
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlBROCKTON
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlABINGTON
7 September 2015Naturalunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlBROCKTON
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlBROCKTON
6 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
6 September 2017Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Plymouth County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 518 shown

Museums hold 518 specimens collected within 10 miles of Matfield Junction between 1857 and 1975: 209 Fungi, 174 Plantae, 133 Animalia, 1 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. A. Eaton, A. B. Seymour, A. Grimell 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
A photograph of the species Chamberlainia salebrosa, not of this specimenChamberlainia salebrosa (Hoffm. ex F.Weber & D.Mohr) H.Rob.1857T. P. JamesRandolph
A photograph of the species Rhynchospora macrostachya, not of this specimenRhynchospora macrostachya Torr. ex A.Gray1870Booth, W.South Weymouth
A photograph of the species Myosotis laxa, not of this specimenMyosotis laxa Lehm.1874H. G. JesupSouth Weymouth
A photograph of the species Dichelyma capillaceum, not of this specimenDichelyma capillaceum (Dicks.) Myrin1878PiperEast Bridgewater
A photograph of the species Setophaga discolor, not of this specimenSetophaga discolor discolor (Vieillot, 1809)1880C. T. Snow
A photograph of the species Thelia hirtella, not of this specimenThelia hirtella (Hedw.) Sull.1880Mrs. Piper
A photograph of the species Fontinalis novae-angliae, not of this specimenFontinalis novae-angliae Sull.1883C. G. Pringle; Mrs. Piper
A photograph of the species Phyllactinia guttata, not of this specimenPhyllactinia guttata (Wallr.) Lév.1883A. B. Seymour
A photograph of the species Dendroica petechia, not of this specimenDendroica petechia aestiva (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)1899Arthur C. DykeBridgewater
Glyceria fluitans (L.) R.Br.1899E. F. Williams
Lysimachia quadrifolia L.1899E. F. Williams
Resupinatus applicatus (Batsch) Gray1899M. V. ThayerHolbrook.

All 518 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

7 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Matfield Junction: 6 past producers, 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
Bridgewater Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bridgewater Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Bridgewater Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Brockton PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Brockton Sand & Gravel Company PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gerald Kelleher Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Gourdin PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Matfield0.5 miles37
Beaver1.0 miles37
Westdale1.1 miles37
Matfield Corner1.2 miles39
Elmwood Station1.5 miles37
East Bridgewater1.5 miles37
West Bridgewater1.6 miles39
Brooks Place1.7 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 Q122542836The 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 613551. 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.