Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Rehoboth, Massachusetts

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Rehoboth town. It lies in ZIP code area 02769. It stands on Fowlers Hill. The Survey maps it on the East Providence quadrangle.

Rehoboth within Bristol County

Then and now

1885 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rehoboth, surveyed 1985

Topographic sheet of Rehoboth, 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.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Rehoboth town, The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.

From Bristol County Farmers' Bulletin, published 1918 - Rehoboth Town

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In the county-history sources

90,994 words on this township

History of Bristol County, Massachusetts, with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, published 1883 names this settlement in its chapter on Rehoboth Town. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Peter Hunt. "At the same time Peter Hunt was chosen Town Clerk." "At a town-meeting lawfully warned, the 12th of December, in the year 1653, voted that the price of corn should be 5s. ; wheat, 5s. ; rye, 4s. ; and Indian corn, 3s. (provided that the corn be current and merchantable corn)." " At the same time those men were chosen to be townsmen, viz. : "Mr. Brown. Thomas Cooper. William Smith.

Passage source: History of Bristol County, Massachusetts, with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, published 1883.

Stephen Payne. Feb. 22, 1658. " The following persons are accepted as freemen of the town, to take up their freedom, namely: Joseph Peck, John Peck, Henry Smith, Robert Fuller, John Fitch. Stephen Paine, Jonathan Bliss, William Buckland, Rice Leonard."

Passage source: History of Bristol County, Massachusetts, with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, published 1883.

Indian War. - In 1675 commenced the bloody and destructive Indian war known by the name of " Philip's war." Of the miseries of this war Rehoboth, from its proximity to Mount Hope, the residence of Philip, or Pometacom, the prime mover of the war, was destined to suffer its full share. The first blood was spilled within the original jurisdiction of Rehoboth, and the last of Philip's generals, the stern and intrepid old warrior and counselor Annawan, was captured within the present limits of the same town. During this war, which lasted nearly two years, the inhabitants of Rehoboth were kept in almost constant alarm ; a number of them were at different times slain, and the whole town, the garrison-houses excepted, was at one time laid in ashes. This town was also the scene of Pierce's fight, one of the most disastrous battles to the English that occurred during the whole war.

Passage source: History of Bristol County, Massachusetts, with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, published 1883.

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Read the whole chapter on Rehoboth Town - it names this place 123 more 123 times.

Fires near this place

33 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Rehoboth between 2015 and 2020, burning about 34 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15
Debris and open burning	9
Arson/incendiarism	4
Recreation and ceremony	2
Smoking	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
8 September 2020	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control	not named
21 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control	not named
28 August 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control	not named
10 August 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control	not named
3 July 2017	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control	not named
24 July 2020	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control	not named
21 July 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control	not named
2 July 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bristol County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 1,305 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,305 specimens collected within 10 miles of Rehoboth between 1844 and 1975: 594 Animalia, 586 Plantae, 116 Fungi, 7 Chromista, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A E Schuyler, A. 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.

Species	Year	Collected by	Where, as recorded
Calla palustris L.	1844	Thurber, G.
Hibiscus moscheutos subsp. moscheutos	1844	not recorded
Pluchea camphorata (L.) DC.	1844	not recorded
Chamaecrista fasciculata (Michx.) Greene	1846	not recorded
Apocynum cannabinum L.	1855	F. C. Seymour	Rehoboth
Astur Lacepède, 1799	1860	C. D. Lincoln	Taunton
Carex panicea L.	1863	J. H. Dean
Carex L.	1864	J. H. Dean	Taunton.
Carex vulpinoidea Michx.	1864	J. H. Dean
Solidago latissimifolia Mill.	1867	Collector unknown
Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758)	1870	Lermond, Norman	Providence, Narragansett Bay. In market at Providence.
Carex austrina Mack.	1871	S. T. Olney	Fields Point, Providence

All 1,305 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Rehoboth: 1 past producer, 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
	County Street Mine and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
	General Road Trucking Corp	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary

Every working recorded in Bristol County

Storms near this place

22 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rehoboth in 22 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 heavy rain. 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
August 2022	Heavy Rain	Rehoboth	$25,000	In Rehoboth, a CoCoRAHS observer recorded 7.44 inches of rain! There were a few flooded basements reported.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Rehoboth	$15,000	At 250 PM EST, trees were brought down on Route 44 in Rehoboth. Trees were also brought down on Cedar Street, River Street, and Bay State Road between 250 PM and 310 PM EST. Multiple trees and wires were brought down on Elm Street and County Street.
July 2008	Flash Flood	North Rehoboth	$10,000	Heavy rain resulted in flash flooding in parts of Taunton. Winthrop Street was flooded with two feet of water and a car got stuck in flood waters on County Street.
March 2007	Flood	Rehoboth	$10,000	Urban and small stream flooding was reported after nearly 3 inches of rain fell in Bristol County. In Rehoboth, Wolf Plain Brook rose out of its banks and flooded Rocky Hill Road. Several roads in Fall River and New Bedford were closed after being inundated by flood waters. A small stream also came out of its banks in Dartmouth and flooded a nearby field.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Rehoboth	$10,000	no account filed
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	North Rehoboth	$7,000	In Rehoboth, a large tree fell onto wires on Oak Street. Also, on Tremont Street, a utility pole snapped, with a tree down on the wires.
November 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	North Rehoboth	$1,500	In Rehoboth, the Police Department reported trees down on Fairview Avenue, on Hornbine Road at Baker Street, and on Francis Street.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Rehoboth	$1,000	In Rehoboth, two trees were downed blocking Locust Ave. A tree was downed blocking Greenwood Dr.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	North Rehoboth	$1,000	In Rehoboth, a tree was down on a house and a car on Fairview Avenue. Trees were down on Billings Road and County Street.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Rehoboth	$500	In Rehoboth, a tree was down.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Rehoboth	$500	Branches on Plain Street were downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	North Rehoboth	$200	In Rehoboth, there was a tree down on Bliss St.
June 2023	Hail	Rehoboth	-	In Rehoboth at 439 PM EDT (339 PM EST), there was a social media photo of hail that ranged from dime to quarter size. The report time was radar-estimated.
July 2023	Flash Flood	Rehoboth	-	Portion of Rt 44 (Winthrop St) is flooded to where Mass DOT was requested.
July 2012	Hail	Rehoboth	-	Quarter to lime sized hail fell in Rehoboth.
July 2012	Hail	North Rehoboth	-	Quarter to golfball size hail fell in Rehoboth.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Rehoboth	-	Trees and wires downed in Rehoboth and Seekonk.
June 1998	Flash Flood	Rehoboth	-	Palmer River
July 2012	Hail	Rehoboth	-	no account filed
July 2012	Hail	North Rehoboth	-	no account filed
July 2004	Hail	Rehoboth	-	no account filed
September 2002	Heavy Rain	Rehoboth	-	no account filed

Every storm 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Perryville	1.6 miles	37
Perrys Corner	2.6 miles	33
West Dighton	2.9 miles	33
South Rehoboth	3.0 miles	37
Harris	3.8 miles	37
North Rehoboth	4.6 miles	33
Perrins Crossing	5.0 miles	36
Briggs Corner	5.0 miles	36

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 617359. 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.