Oldham Pines, Massachusetts
37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Pembroke town. It lies in ZIP code area 02359. It stands on Monument Island. The Survey maps it on the Hanover quadrangle.
Then and now
1885 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
37 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.
- 1885 USGS Abington quadrangle1:62500
- 1888 USGS Abington quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Abington quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Abington quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Abington quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Abington quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Abington quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Abington quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Abington quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Abington quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Abington quadrangle1:62500
- 1920 USGS Abington quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Hanover quadrangle1:24000
- 1940 USGS Hanover quadrangle1:31680
- 1940 USGS Hanover quadrangle1:31680
- 1940 USGS Hanover quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Hanover quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Hanover quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hanover quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Hanover quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Hanover quadrangle1:25000
- 1978 USGS Hanover quadrangle1:25000
- 1978 USGS Hanover quadrangle1:25000
- 1984 USGS Provincetown quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Provincetown quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
196 since 2015The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 196 fires within 5 miles of Oldham Pines between 2015 and 2020, burning about 55 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 106 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 69 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | HANSON |
| 8 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | HANSON |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | HANOVER |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | HANOVER |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | HANOVER |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | HANOVER |
| 5 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | MARSHFIELD |
| 29 September 2020 | 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 984 shownMuseums hold 984 specimens collected within 10 miles of Oldham Pines between 1849 and 1975: 383 Animalia, 307 Plantae, 210 Fungi, 56 Unrecorded, 23 Chromista, 5 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by -- Russell, A., A. A. Eaton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Trientalis borealis Raf. | 1900 | not recorded | |
![]() | Pseudevernia consocians (Vainio) Hale & W.L.Culb. | 1849 | -- Russell | Kingston |
![]() | Hypnum curvifolium Hedw. | 1851 | W. L. Russell | Hingham |
![]() | Lobaria pulmonaria (L.) Hoffm. | 1851 | J. L. Russell | |
![]() | Baptisia tinctoria (L.) R.Br. | 1853 | not recorded | |
![]() | Biatora ochrophaea Tuck. | 1853 | Russell | Hingham |
| Lecidea chloropolia Fr. | 1853 | J. L. Russell | Hingham | |
| Opegrapha stictica (Durieu & Mont.) Nyl. | 1853 | J. L. Russell | Hingham | |
![]() | Ionactis linariifolia (L.) Greene | 1855 | not recorded | |
![]() | Cyperus lupulinus subsp. macilentus (Fernald) Marcks | 1899 | E. F. Williams | |
![]() | Dendroica petechia aestiva (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1899 | Arthur C. Dyke | Bridgewater |
| Lolium multiflorum Lam. | 1899 | not recorded |
All 984 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
3 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Oldham Pines: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hill Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| John Hill Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Winter Street Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oldham Village | 0.4 miles | 37 | |
| Pembroke | 1.0 miles | 37 | |
| Wingbrook Estates | 1.4 miles | 37 | |
| Camp Kiwanis | 1.5 miles | 37 | |
| Golden Ring Camp | 1.7 miles | 37 | |
| Riverwind Estates | 1.8 miles | 37 | |
| Camp Wampatuck | 1.9 miles | 37 | |
| Town Hall | 2.0 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 Q122571534 | 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 613977. 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.













































