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Norton Grove, Massachusetts

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Norton town. It lies in ZIP code area 02766. The Survey maps it on the Norton quadrangle.

Norton Grove within Bristol County

Then and now

1885 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 102 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Norton Grove, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Norton Grove, surveyed 1885

Topographic sheets covering this place

33 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 1883 county history

31,415 words on this township

The county history of 1883 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Norton Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on Norton Town - 31,415 words.

Fires nearby

35 since 2015

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Norton Grove between 2015 and 2020, burning about 37 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Debris and open burning6
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony5
Fireworks2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
3 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlFOXBORO
12 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlPLAINVILLE
28 August 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
22 August 2017Smokingunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlFOXBORO
20 July 2016Fireworks1.2 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
15 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
26 June 2016Smokingunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlFOXBORO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bristol County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 847 shown

Museums hold 847 specimens collected within 10 miles of Norton Grove between 1860 and 1974: 520 Animalia, 246 Plantae, 78 Fungi, 3 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A. A. Eaton, A. C. Birch 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
A photograph of the species Astur Lacepède, not of this specimenAstur Lacepède, 17991860C. D. LincolnTaunton
A photograph of the species Carex panicea, not of this specimenCarex panicea L.1863J. H. Dean
A photograph of the species Carex L., not of this specimenCarex L.1864J. H. DeanTaunton.
A photograph of the species Carex vulpinoidea, not of this specimenCarex vulpinoidea Michx.1864J. H. Dean
A photograph of the species Hypoxis hirsuta, not of this specimenHypoxis hirsuta (L.) Coville1874not recorded
A photograph of the species Chelidonium majus, not of this specimenChelidonium majus L.1875not recorded
A photograph of the species Lygodium palmatum, not of this specimenLygodium palmatum (Bernh.) Sw.1875not recorded
A photograph of the species Berberis vulgaris, not of this specimenBerberis vulgaris L.1876not recorded
A photograph of the species Empidonax minimus, not of this specimenEmpidonax minimus (W.M.Baird & S.F.Baird, 1843)1877C.P. SnowTaunton, North
A photograph of the species Chaetura pelagica, not of this specimenChaetura pelagica (Linnaeus, 1758)1878C. F. SnowMASSACHUSETTS: Bristol County; Taunton
A photograph of the species Coccyzus erythropthalmus, not of this specimenCoccyzus erythropthalmus (A.Wilson, 1811)1878not recordedTaunton
A photograph of the species Dryobates pubescens, not of this specimenDryobates pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766)1878C. F. SnowMASSACHUSETTS: Bristol County; Taunton

All 847 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

8 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Norton Grove: 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Easton PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Allen R. Nelson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dorrance IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Easton Sand and Gravel CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Gary Nelson Excavating CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Pine Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Plain Street PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bristol 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
Centre Mills1.3 miles33
East Norton1.8 miles33
Norton1.8 miles33
Ginty Corner2.4 miles40
East Mansfield2.4 miles40
West Mansfield2.7 miles33
Purdy Corner3.0 miles40
Copper Works3.1 miles33

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 Q122596166The 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 612498. 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.