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North Milford, Massachusetts

42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Milford town. It lies in ZIP code area 01757. It stands on Silver Hill. The Survey maps it on the Milford quadrangle.

North Milford within Worcester County

Then and now

1886 to 1989

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 North Milford, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of North Milford, surveyed 1886

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.

Fires nearby

104 since 2004

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of North Milford between 2004 and 2020, burning about 190 acres in total. None started naturally. 39 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
Arson/incendiarism39
Debris and open burning27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
4 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
25 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
16 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
26 August 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
24 August 2016Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlMILFORD
24 August 2016Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlMILFORD
24 August 2015Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlMILFORD
24 August 2015Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlMILFORD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Worcester County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 465 shown

Museums hold 465 specimens collected within 10 miles of North Milford between 1844 and 1975: 207 Plantae, 151 Animalia, 102 Fungi, 3 Unrecorded, 2 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. B. Seymour, A. P. D. Piguet, A. R. Hodgdon; F. L. Steele 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 Trichophorum planifolium, not of this specimenTrichophorum planifolium (Spreng.) Palla1844Collector unspecifiedUxbridge
A photograph of the species Carex vesicaria, not of this specimenCarex vesicaria L.1848J. W. Robbins
A photograph of the species Potamogeton epihydrus, not of this specimenPotamogeton epihydrus Raf.1848J. W. RobbinsUxbridge
A photograph of the species Potamogeton bicupulatus, not of this specimenPotamogeton bicupulatus Fernald1854W. J. RobbinsUxbridge
A photograph of the species Carex brevior, not of this specimenCarex brevior (Dewey) Mack.1855J. W. Robbins
A photograph of the species Carex normalis, not of this specimenCarex normalis Mack.1855J. W. Robbins
A photograph of the species Carex siccata, not of this specimenCarex siccata Dewey1855J. W. Robbins
A photograph of the species Carex straminea, not of this specimenCarex straminea Willd. ex Schkuhr1855J. W. Robbins
A photograph of the species Carex vulpinoidea, not of this specimenCarex vulpinoidea Michx.1861not recorded

All 465 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 16 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of North Milford: 12 past producers, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite. 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
Barretto Granite CoGranitePast ProducerGranite
Castellucci and SonsGranitePast ProducerGranite
H E FletcherGranitePast ProducerGranite
Milford Pink Granite QuarryGranitePast Producer
Milford QuarryGraniteProducer
Bird PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Finn Brothers Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Garbarino Sand and Gravel CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Holliston PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hopkinton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working 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
Milford3.2 miles42
Rocky Hill3.4 miles41
Upton3.5 miles42
Hopedale3.6 miles42
White City4.4 miles50
West Upton4.5 miles42
Spindleville4.8 miles50
Mendon5.4 miles50

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 617182. 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.