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North Blandford, Massachusetts
36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Blandford town. It lies in ZIP code area 01008. It stands on Wheeler Brook. The Survey maps it on the Blandford quadrangle.
Then and now
1887 to 1998The same ground, surveyed 111 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1887 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
36 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.
- 1887 USGS Granville quadrangle1:62500
- 1889 USGS Granville quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Granville quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Granville quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Granville quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Granville quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Granville quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Granville quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Granville quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Granville quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Granville quadrangle1:62500
- 1896 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:125000
- 1943 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:125000
- 1946 USGS Blandford quadrangle1:31680
- 1946 USGS Blandford quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Blandford quadrangle1:31680
- 1955 USGS Blandford quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Blandford quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Blandford quadrangle1:25000
- 1972 USGS Blandford quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Blandford quadrangle1:25000
- 1985 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Blandford quadrangle1:25000
- 1998 USGS Blandford quadrangle1:25000
Fires nearby
9 since 2015The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of North Blandford between 2015 and 2018, burning about 4 acres in total. 1 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 burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 29 August 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 17 June 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 7 May 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 27 May 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 11 May 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 25 April 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 22 April 2018 | 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 nearby
12 of 695 shownMuseums hold 695 specimens collected within 10 miles of North Blandford between 1822 and 1975: 267 Fungi, 239 Animalia, 182 Plantae, 5 Chromista, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. B. Seymour, A. B. Seymour & A. C. Seymour, A. Pealey 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Baeomyces roseus Pers. | 1895 | George T. Moore | Chestnut Hill |
 | Porella platyphylloidea (Schwein.) Lindb. | 1822 | Emmons | Norwich |
 | Panax quinquefolius L. | 1831 | Collector unspecified | Blandford |
 | Buteo platypterus (Vieillot, 1823) | 1870 | Crum, Milo Tuttle; Clinton Mellen Jones Collection | Russell |
 | Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1870 | Clinton Mellen Jones Collection | Russell |
 | Lygodium palmatum (Bernh.) Sw. | 1872 | Miller, E.S. | East Hampton |
 | Botrychium lanceolatum (S.G.Gmel.) Ångstr. | 1873 | S. M. Piper | |
 | Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn. | 1874 | Frederick N. Pease | |
 | Leucobryum glaucum (Hedw.) Ångstr. | 1877 | H. J. Biddlecome | Chester |
 | Botrychium dissectum Spreng. | 1879 | not recorded | |
 | Dendroica discolor discolor (Vieillot, 1809) | 1891 | Clarence Watrous | Chester |
| Dendroica virens virens (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1891 | Henry Bennett | Chester |
All 695 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
10 of 33 shownThe federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of North Blandford: 13 producers, 13 past producers, 7 occurrences. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Silica, Talc-Soapstone, Emery, Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chester Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kaolin Quarry | Brick Clay | Producer | ||
| Kaolin Quarry | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Pegmatite Quarry | Mica, Feldspar | Producer | Feldspar | |
| Berkshire Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| Blandford Mica Mine | Mica, Feldspar | Past Producer | Feldspar, Mica | |
| Pegmatite Quarry | Mica, Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Williams Stone Co | Granite | Past Producer | Granite | |
| Blandford Mica Mine | Mica | Producer | Mica | |
| Blandford Mica Mine | Mica | Occurrence |
Storms nearby
4 since 2014The National Weather Service names North Blandford in 4 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Blandford | $50,000 | In Blandford, several large limbs were blown down on North Blandford Road and a tree was downed onto wires on Russell Stage Road. A tree and wires were downed on Woronoco Road in Russell. In Huntington, several trees were downed on Bromley Road, a tree was downed across Route 66, and wires were downed on Searle Road. In West Springfield, a tree was downed on Route 20 not far from the Westfield line. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Blandford | $3,000 | In Blandford, there were trees down near town hall and a roof damaged at the Blandford Fairgrounds. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Blandford | $1,000 | In Blandford, trees were down on Blair Road. Report relayed by amateur radio. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Blandford | $1,000 | In Blandford, a large tree was down on Gibbs Road at Route 23. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blandford | 3.5 miles | 36 | |
| Chester | 4.8 miles | 36 | |
| Chester Center | 6.3 miles | 36 | |
| Crescent Mills | 6.5 miles | 37 | |
| Russell | 6.6 miles | 37 | |
| Woronoco Heights | 6.7 miles | 37 | |
| Baird Four Corners | 6.7 miles | 39 | |
| Camp Woronoak | 7.1 miles | 37 |
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 Q122571744 | 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 608337. 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.