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North Farms, Massachusetts

42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Northampton City. It lies in ZIP code area 01062. The Survey maps it on the Easthampton quadrangle.

North Farms within Hampshire County

Then and now

1885 to 1985

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 North Farms, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of North Farms, surveyed 1885

Topographic sheets covering this place

42 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.

In the 1898 county history

3,281 words on this township

The county history of 1898 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Northampton City covers the township.

Read the chapter on Northampton City - 3,281 words.

Fires nearby

59 since 2015

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of North Farms between 2015 and 2020, burning about 40 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use13
Debris and open burning12
Recreation and ceremony5
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural4

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
7 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
3 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
2 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
15 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
30 August 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
27 August 2016Naturalunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
14 August 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
5 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hampshire County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 6,649 shown

Museums hold 6,649 specimens collected within 10 miles of North Farms between 1781 and 1975: 3,229 Plantae, 1,786 Fungi, 1,409 Animalia, 136 Chromista, 78 Protozoa, 10 Unrecorded, 1 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A V Osmun, A., A. Albee 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 Cercospora violae Sacc.Cercospora violae Sacc.1895Ralph E. SmithHothouse, Mass. Agr. College, Amherst
Specimen of Actias luna Linnaeus, 1758Actias luna Linnaeus, 17581896not recorded
Specimen of Plathemis lydia (Drury, 1773)Plathemis lydia (Drury, 1773)1896not recorded
A photograph of the species Carex argyrantha, not of this specimenCarex argyrantha Tuck. ex Dewey1781H. G. JesupAmherst in Hampshire Co., and Leverett in Franklin Co., Massachusetts. [Inferred counties from precise loc.]
A photograph of the species Carex foenea, not of this specimenCarex foenea Willd.1781H. G. JesupAnd Leverett
A photograph of the species Ustilago nuda, not of this specimenUstilago nuda (C.N.Jensen) Kellerm. & Swingle1810J.E. Humphrey
A photograph of the species Carex bromoides, not of this specimenCarex bromoides Willd.1831Collector unknown
A photograph of the species Ranunculus ambigens, not of this specimenRanunculus ambigens S.Watson1831S. Shurtleff
A photograph of the species Carex vesicaria, not of this specimenCarex vesicaria L.1836Collector unknown
A photograph of the species Carex vestita, not of this specimenCarex vestita Willd.1836Collector unspecified
A photograph of the species Kalmia angustifolia, not of this specimenKalmia angustifolia f. angustifolia1838L. DeWetteNorthampton.
A photograph of the species Kalmia latifolia, not of this specimenKalmia latifolia var. latifolia1838L. DeWetteNorthampton.

All 6,649 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 26 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of North Farms: 9 past producers, 9 producers, 5 occurrences, 3 prospects. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Brick Clay, Iron. 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
Argentine Galena VeinSilver, LeadOccurrenceGalena
Argentine Galena VeinLead, SilverProspect
Hatfield Lead MineBarium-Barite, Lead, ZincPast ProducerVein
Hatfield Lead MineBarium-Barite, Zinc, LeadProducerBarite, Galena, Sphalerite
Hatfield Lead MineBarium-Barite, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Whately - Williamsburg Lead VeinsLead, ManganeseOccurrenceGalena
Wzorek PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bog Iron OccurrenceIronOccurrence
Bog Iron OccurrenceIronOccurrence
Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hampshire 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
Laurel Park1.7 miles42
Haydenville1.7 miles42
Leeds1.8 miles42
West Hatfield1.9 miles42
Florence2.1 miles42
Williamsburg Station2.9 miles42
Bay State3.0 miles42
Northampton3.2 miles42

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 Q122539602The 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 608780. 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.