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Norwich, Massachusetts

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Huntington town. It lies in ZIP code area 01050. It stands on Norwich Hill. The Survey maps it on the Westhampton quadrangle.

Norwich within Hampshire County

Then and now

1886 to 1997

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Norwich, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Norwich, surveyed 1886

Compare 1886 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

37 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

16 since 2015

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Norwich between 2015 and 2020, burning about 12 acres in total. 2 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
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural2
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1

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
3 June 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
13 June 2017Smoking1.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
4 May 2015Natural2.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
10 May 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution1.5 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
30 April 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
19 April 2015Naturalunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
19 April 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
17 April 2016Equipment and vehicle use2.5 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 954 shown

Museums hold 954 specimens collected within 10 miles of Norwich between 1822 and 1975: 520 Plantae, 355 Animalia, 77 Fungi, 2 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A., A. Pealey, A. Peterson 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 Camissonia LinkCamissonia Link1898B. L. Robinson
Specimen of Buellia disciformis (Fr.) MuddBuellia disciformis (Fr.) Mudd1900George P. ClintonHammond Pond
Specimen of Graphis scripta (L.) Ach.Graphis scripta (L.) Ach.1900George P. ClintonHammond Pond
A photograph of the species Porella platyphylloidea, not of this specimenPorella platyphylloidea (Schwein.) Lindb.1822EmmonsNorwich
A photograph of the species Carex bromoides, not of this specimenCarex bromoides Willd.1831Collector unknown
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.
A photograph of the species Pogonia ophioglossoides, not of this specimenPogonia ophioglossoides (L.) Ker Gawl.1838L. DeWetteNorthampton.
A photograph of the species Stellaria graminea, not of this specimenStellaria graminea L.1849not recorded
A photograph of the species Rorippa palustris, not of this specimenRorippa palustris subsp. palustris1858not recorded

All 954 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 14 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Norwich: 6 producers, 5 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lithium, Silica, Stone. 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
Clay PitBrick ClayProducerClay
McKinney LedgeMicaOccurrenceMica
McKinney Ledge ProspectMicaProspect
Silica QuarrySilicaProducer
Silica QuarrySilicaPast Producer
Whetstone QuarryStoneProducerMetamorphic
Whetstone QuarryStonePast Producer
Norwich Lithia MineLithiumProducer
Norwich Lithia MineLithiumPast Producer
Norwich Lithia MineLithiumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hampshire County

Storms nearby

5 since 2020

The National Weather Service names Norwich in 5 storm reports between 2020 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2021Thunderstorm WindNorwich$1,600In Huntington, MA a tree and wires were down on both Emerson Gorham Rd. and County Rd.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindNorwich$800In Huntington, multiple trees were reported down on wires.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindNorwich$500In Huntington, there was a tree down on County Rd.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindNorwich$500In Huntington, a tree was reported down on Worthington Road.
August 2022LightningNorwich$300In Huntington, a lightning strike took down power lines near the intersection of Pond Brook Road and Barr Hill Road, per the Fire Department. Report relayed by amateur radio.

Every storm 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
Knightville1.5 miles37
Goss Heights2.6 miles37
Norwich Bridge3.3 miles37
Westhampton3.5 miles37
Fomer3.8 miles37
Huntington4.1 miles36
South Worthington4.7 miles36
Loudville5.3 miles42

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 608460. 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.