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Millbury, Massachusetts

44 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Millbury town. It lies in ZIP code area 01527. It stands on Singletary Brook. The Survey maps it on the Worcester South quadrangle.

Millbury within Worcester County

Then and now

1889 to 1989

The 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 sheet of Millbury, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Millbury, surveyed 1889

Topographic sheets covering this place

44 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.

Photographs

2 photographs,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Blackstone Canal Millbury Segment, Beginning northwest of State Route 146 & McCracken Road, running along west side of Route 146, Millbury, Worcester County, MA
Blackstone Canal Millbury Segment, Beginning northwest of State Route 146 & McCracken Road, running along west side of Route 146, Millbury, Worcester County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
215 North Main Street (House), Millbury, Worcester County, MA
215 North Main Street (House), Millbury, Worcester County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress

Fires nearby

68 since 2002

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Millbury between 2002 and 2020, burning about 54 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 burning19
Smoking13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony10
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Arson/incendiarism5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2015Smokingunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
8 September 2015Smokingunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
9 August 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
31 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
26 August 2020Smokingunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
13 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
6 July 2015Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
3 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Worcester County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,585 shown

Museums hold 1,585 specimens collected within 10 miles of Millbury between 1839 and 1974: 953 Plantae, 356 Animalia, 244 Fungi, 14 Unrecorded, 14 Protozoa, 4 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A E WOODHEAD, A. A. Eaton, A. B. Seymour 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 Chilonectria coryli (Fuckel) Ellis & Everh.Chilonectria coryli (Fuckel) Ellis & Everh.1896Henderson
Specimen of Coryneum pulvinatum KunzeCoryneum pulvinatum Kunze1897D. Murray
Specimen of Sceptridium dissectum (Spreng.) LyonSceptridium dissectum (Spreng.) Lyon1899H. H. Scudder
A photograph of the species Ochrolechia tartarea, not of this specimenOchrolechia tartarea (L.) A.Massal.1839E. Tuckerman
A photograph of the species Carex laxiflora, not of this specimenCarex laxiflora Lam.1840Thomas NuttallCambridge.
A photograph of the species Carex vestita, not of this specimenCarex vestita Willd.1840Thomas NuttallCambridge.
A photograph of the species Mycobilimbia hypnorum, not of this specimenMycobilimbia hypnorum (Lib.) Kalb & Hafellner1848E. Tuckerman
A photograph of the species Cladonia cornucopioides, not of this specimenCladonia cornucopioides F.Wilson1850J. L. RussellLeicester
A photograph of the species Geranium maculatum, not of this specimenGeranium maculatum L.1850not recorded
A photograph of the species Packera aurea, not of this specimenPackera aurea (L.) Á.Löve & D.Löve1850not recorded
A photograph of the species Carex aperta, not of this specimenCarex aperta Boott1853W. BoottMassachusetts
Elymus repens (L.) Gould1892Arthur B. SeymourCambridge.

All 1,585 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 23 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Millbury: 15 past producers, 5 producers, 2 plants, 1 unknown. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Titanium, Metal. 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
Crucible Spec. Metals--Auburn, Ma.IronPlant
Worcester B Plant TiTitanium, MetalPlant
30 Southwest Cutoff PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
A H Marando and SonsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Armour PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Auburn PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bannister PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Boston Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Crossover PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
De Gaetano Brothers IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Worcester County

Storms nearby

12 since 1998

The National Weather Service names Millbury in 12 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 flood, 2 hail, 1 flash 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 2009Thunderstorm WindMillbury$15,000Trees and wires on Sutton Street were downed by thunderstorm winds.
September 2023LightningMillbury$10,000In Millbury there was a house fire on Stone Rd due to lightning.
December 2008FloodMillbury$10,000A car was stuck in flood waters on Sutton Avenue in Northbridge. The Blackstone River at Millbury overflowed its banks near Route 146, flooding portions of the northbound lanes. The intersection of Routes 140 and 122A was flooded after the Blackstone River overflowed its banks in Grafton. The Mill River in Mendon overflowed its banks flooding the Bellingham Street Bridge.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindMillbury$2,000In Millbury, there were trees down on Riverlin St.
September 2021FloodMillbury$1,000In Millbury, a car was stuck in flood waters on Grafton Street.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindMillbury$500In Millbury, a tree was down on powerlines on Gould St.
January 2024FloodEast Millbury-In Worcester at 3:17 AM EST Rt 20 was closed in both directions due to flooding at Grafton St. At 3:40 AM EST an area of 500 Main St was flooded in Sturbridge.
August 2023FloodMillbury-In Millbury, Millbury Shops on ramp to 146 southbound was flooded and impassable.
September 2018Flash FloodEast Millbury-At 9:23 AM EST, U.S. Route 20 in Worcester was flooded at the Grafton Street overpass.
May 2009HailMillbury-Quarter to half dollar size hail fell in a swath from Providence Street in Millbury to Grafton.
June 2011HailMillbury-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindMillbury-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Worcester 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
Bramanville1.1 miles44
Old Common1.5 miles44
Dorothy Manor1.6 miles44
Dorothy Pond1.8 miles44
Oakland Heights2.4 miles44
East Millbury2.5 miles45
Wilkinsonville2.5 miles45
Marions Camp2.7 miles44

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 610657. 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.