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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Mount Hermon, Massachusetts

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Gill town. It lies in ZIP code area 01354. It stands on Mount Hermon. The Survey maps it on the Northfield quadrangle.

Mount Hermon within Franklin County

Then and now

1887 to 1990

The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mount Hermon, surveyed 1990
Topographic sheet of Mount Hermon, surveyed 1887

Topographic sheets covering this place

36 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

1 photograph,

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.

Elijah E. Belding House, Mount Hermon Station Road, West Northfield, Franklin County, MA
Elijah E. Belding House, Mount Hermon Station Road, West Northfield, Franklin County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress

Fires nearby

24 since 2017

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Mount Hermon between 2017 and 2020, burning about 13 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 burning19
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1

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
14 July 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
17 May 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
5 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
30 April 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
29 April 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
25 April 2020Debris and open burning1.5 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
24 April 2020Smokingunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
22 April 2018Smoking1.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,154 shown

Museums hold 1,154 specimens collected within 10 miles of Mount Hermon between 1847 and 1975: 533 Animalia, 317 Plantae, 192 Fungi, 112 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A S Pease, A. Cronquist, A. J. Grout 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 Dryopteris spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) WattDryopteris spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) Watt1896Leonard, F.E.Northfield, Mass.
A photograph of the species Cinna latifolia, not of this specimenCinna latifolia (Trevir. ex Göpp.) Griseb.1847Russell
unnamed (fossil)1867Othniel C. Marshblack sh, [property of T.M. Stoughton, 1871 Beers County map, previously owned by Dr. Roswell Field], S side of Connecticut River, Horse Race, Montague
A photograph of the species Carex prasina, not of this specimenCarex prasina Wahlenb.1892J. R. ChurchillMontague
A photograph of the species Carex torta, not of this specimenCarex torta Boott1892J. R. ChurchillMontague
Rhexia virginica L.1892not recordedMillers Falls
A photograph of the species Spiranthes ochroleuca, not of this specimenSpiranthes ochroleuca (Rydb.) Rydb.1894Swinerton, J.R.Greenfield
A photograph of the species Potamogeton bicupulatus, not of this specimenPotamogeton bicupulatus Fernald1895A. J. GroutLily Pond
A photograph of the species Carex plantaginea, not of this specimenCarex plantaginea Lam.1896Sydney HarrisWoods near Factory Village [Note: Location found by Geolocate is in Franklin County]
A photograph of the species Dryopteris intermedia, not of this specimenDryopteris intermedia (Muhl. ex Willd.) A.Gray1896Leonard, F.E.Northfield
A photograph of the species Cyperus lupulinus, not of this specimenCyperus lupulinus var. macilentus (Fernald) A.Haines1899J. A. BatesMiller's Falls
A photograph of the species Daedalea confragosa, not of this specimenDaedalea confragosa (Bolton) Pers.1927Hansbrough J. R.Greenfield

All 1,154 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 12 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Mount Hermon: 6 past producers, 5 producers, 1 occurrence. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Slate, Dimension, 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
Bernardston Magnetite OccurenceIron, Sulfur, CopperOccurrenceReplacement
Bernardston Magnetite OccurrenceIron, Copper, SulfurPast Producer
North Bernardston Slate QuarrySlate, DimensionProducerMetamorphic
North Bernardston Slate QuarrySlate, DimensionPast Producer
Northfield Plant #38Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Northfield Washed Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Amphibolite Rock Quarry NStonePast Producer
Amphibolite Rock Quarry NStonePast Producer
Amphibolite Rock Quarry No. Bj5Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Amphibolite Rock Quarry No. Bj6Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Franklin 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
Mount Hermon Station1.1 miles36
Munns Ferry1.4 miles36
Cold Spring1.5 miles37
Gill Station1.7 miles36
Gill2.1 miles36
Northfield2.6 miles36
East Northfield3.0 miles36
Satans Kingdom3.1 miles36

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 609316. 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.