BlockNorth Beverly, Massachusetts
42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Beverly City. It lies in ZIP code area 01915. It lies near Brimble Hill. The Survey maps it on the Salem quadrangle.
Then and now
1888 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 97 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
On record in North Beverly
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Peter Woodbury Houselisted 1990 · 0.2 miles away
Exercise Conant Houselisted 1990 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
17 surveys from 42 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.
- 1888 USGS Salem quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Salem quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1917 USGS Salem quadrangle1:62500
- 1919 USGS Salem quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Cape Ann quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Salem quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Salem quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Salem quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Salem quadrangle1:25000
- 1970 USGS Salem quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Salem quadrangle1:25000
- 1984 USGS Gloucester quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Salem quadrangle1:25000, 3 printings
In the county-history sources
23,730 words on this townshipHistory of Essex County, Massachusetts, with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, published 1888 names this settlement in its chapter on Beverly City. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Rev. Robert Southgate succeeded Mr. Porter, and he was followed by Rev. Wm. Phipps in 1869, Rev. T. D. P. Stone in 1870, the Rev. Alexander J. Sessions, installed as acting pastor, in 1872, and, since 1876, various preachers have occupied the pulpit, it being filled, at present, by Rev. William Merrill. The church now numbers thirty-five persons, the parish twenty, with one hundred in the Sundayschool. The locality of the Second Parish (or North Beverly) is a historic one, with its old house, the parsonage of John Chipman (the first minister) erected 1715, still standing in good preservation, and the old cemetery with its ancient head-stones.
Passage source: History of Essex County, Massachusetts, with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, published 1888.
1886. - An electric fire-alarm was established in February, beginning in the manufacturing district, and extending thence into the outlying sections of the town. It started with ten boxes, two in the manufacturing centre, two on Cabot Street, and one each in the South, Washington, Cove, Montserrat, North Beverly and Farms Districts.
Passage source: History of Essex County, Massachusetts, with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, published 1888.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Fires near this place
59 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of North Beverly between 2015 and 2020, burning about 109 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 burning | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | BEVERLY |
| 4 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | BEVERLY |
| 27 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 21 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 8 August 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | BEVERLY |
| 4 August 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | BEVERLY |
| 3 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 27 August 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | BEVERLY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 6,281 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 6,281 specimens collected within 10 miles of North Beverly between 1800 and 1975: 2,200 Plantae, 1,981 Animalia, 1,251 Fungi, 422 Unrecorded, 281 Chromista, 81 Bacteria, 65 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A H HIGGINSON, A Perlmutter, A. A. Eaton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Rhodocollybia prolixa var. distorta (Fr.) Antonín, Halling & Noordel. | 1800 | R. B. Mackintosh | Peabody |
 | Brasenia schreberi J.F.Gmel. | 1821 | not recorded | Pleasant Pond, Wenham, Mass. |
 | Diphyscium foliosum (Hedw.) D.Mohr | 1822 | ALCOTT | |
 | Arcyria oerstedii Rostaf., 1875 | 1826 | F. A. Gilbert | |
 | Glyceria obtusa (Muhl.) Trin. | 1838 | W Oakes | |
 | Lecanora tartarea (L.) Ach. | 1839 | E. Tuckerman | Manchester |
 | Ochrolechia yasudae Vainio | 1839 | Tuckerman, E. | [USA] Manchester, Massachusetts. |
 | Clethra alnifolia L. | 1840 | OakesHerbarium | Rowley |
 | Euphorbia polygonifolia L. | 1840 | Wolle, J. | Ipswich |
 | Iva frutescens L. | 1840 | Oakes | ad Ipswich |
 | Potentilla anserina L. | 1840 | Wolle, J. | Ipswich |
 | Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop. | 1840 | Oakes | Ipswich |
All 6,281 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of North Beverly: 4 plants, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Zirconium, Thorium, Tungsten, Mercury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Travers Labs Refinery--Beverly, Ma. | Mercury, Silver, Gold, REE | Plant | ||
| Hale Engineering Co--Danvers, Ma. | Tungsten | Plant | ||
| Thiokol Ventron Div--Danvers, Ma. | Thorium | Plant | ||
| Thiokol Ventron Div--Beverly, Ma. | Zirconium | Plant | ||
| Ventron Corp--Beverly, Ma. | Zirconium | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Beverly in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 lightning. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2013 | Lightning | North Beverly | $15,000 | WCVB-TV Channel 5 in Boston reported that lightning struck a house on Clifton Avenue, setting the garage on fire. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly | 1.6 miles | 42 | |
| Wenham | 1.6 miles | 42 | |
| Montserrat | 1.7 miles | 40 | |
| South Hamilton | 1.9 miles | 42 | |
| Rial Side | 2.2 miles | 42 | |
| Danvers | 2.3 miles | 42 | |
| Wenham Neck | 2.4 miles | 40 | |
| Centerville | 2.4 miles | 40 |
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 Q122592093 | The 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 614298. 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.