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Pequoig, Massachusetts

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1988. It stands in Winchendon town. It lies in ZIP code area 01475. It stands on Whitney Hill. The Survey maps it on the Winchendon quadrangle.

Pequoig within Worcester County

Then and now

1887 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 101 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pequoig, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Pequoig, surveyed 1887

Topographic sheets covering this place

36 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

24 since 2012

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Pequoig between 2012 and 2020, burning about 14 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning15
Recreation and ceremony6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
28 August 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
3 July 2016Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
1 July 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
27 June 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
23 June 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
23 June 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
22 June 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
9 May 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Worcester County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 525 shown

Museums hold 525 specimens collected within 10 miles of Pequoig between 1870 and 1973: 247 Plantae, 215 Animalia, 59 Fungi, 3 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A., A. F. Newton, A. J. Stone 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 Osmunda regalis L.Osmunda regalis L.1900Bates, J.A.Royalston.
A photograph of the species Carex maritima, not of this specimenCarex maritima Gunnerus1870J. W. CongdonWellville
A photograph of the species Veronica L., not of this specimenVeronica L.1871not recorded
A photograph of the species Botrychium multifidum, not of this specimenBotrychium multifidum (S.G.Gmel.) Rupr.1882Manning, Sara M.Ashby
A photograph of the species Drosera rotundifolia, not of this specimenDrosera rotundifolia L.1882not recorded
A photograph of the species Linnaea borealis, not of this specimenLinnaea borealis subsp. longiflora (Torrey) Hultén1882not recorded
A photograph of the species Moneses uniflora, not of this specimenMoneses uniflora (L.) A.Gray1882M. A. M.Winchendon
A photograph of the species Polygala paucifolia, not of this specimenPolygala paucifolia Willd.1882M. A. M.
A photograph of the species Chaetophora pisiformis, not of this specimenChaetophora pisiformis (Roth) C.Agardh1885F. S. Collins
A photograph of the species Peltandra virginica, not of this specimenPeltandra virginica (L.) Schott1892A.
Rosa rubiginosa L.1892not recorded
Carex scoparia Schkuhr ex Willd.1896W. Deane

All 525 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

5 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Pequoig: 4 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lost Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sibley Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Templeton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Winchendon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Winchendon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Glenallen1.2 miles36
Winchendon Center1.6 miles36
Old North Ashburnham Station1.7 miles46
Winchendon Springs1.9 miles36
Winchendon2.2 miles36
Waterville3.0 miles36
Hydeville3.4 miles36
North Ashburnham3.7 miles46

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 Q122557569The 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 617514. 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.