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Rowley, Massachusetts

41 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Rowley town. It lies in ZIP code area 01969. It stands on Jewett Hill. The Survey maps it on the Georgetown quadrangle. 1,523 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 46 feet above sea level.

Rowley within Essex County

Population over time

2 figures

Rowley grew from 1,416 to 1,523 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,416
20201,523+107 (+8%)

Then and now

1888 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 109 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rowley, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Rowley, surveyed 1888

Topographic sheets covering this place

41 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

53 since 2015

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Rowley between 2015 and 2020, burning about 41 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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
Debris and open burning18
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
7 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
28 August 2016Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlIPSWICH
25 August 2017Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
22 August 2016Smokingunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlIPSWICH
11 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
4 July 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlBYFIELD
26 July 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlIPSWICH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Essex County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 2,855 shown

Museums hold 2,855 specimens collected within 10 miles of Rowley between 1821 and 1975: 1,281 Plantae, 925 Animalia, 544 Fungi, 71 Chromista, 16 Unrecorded, 10 Protozoa, 8 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A Brown, A. A. Eaton, A. A. Eaton; R. G. Leavitt 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 Hypnum curvifolium Hedw.Hypnum curvifolium Hedw.1900John W. Huntington
Specimen of Plagiotheciella latebricola (Schimp.) M.Fleisch.Plagiotheciella latebricola (Schimp.) M.Fleisch.1900John W. Huntington
A photograph of the species Brasenia schreberi, not of this specimenBrasenia schreberi J.F.Gmel.1821not recordedPleasant Pond, Wenham, Mass.
A photograph of the species Diphyscium foliosum, not of this specimenDiphyscium foliosum (Hedw.) D.Mohr1822ALCOTT
A photograph of the species Arcyria oerstedii, not of this specimenArcyria oerstedii Rostaf., 18751826F. A. Gilbert
A photograph of the species Dumetella carolinensis, not of this specimenDumetella carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)1833J.S. AppletonWest Newbury
A photograph of the species Glyceria obtusa, not of this specimenGlyceria obtusa (Muhl.) Trin.1838W Oakes
A photograph of the species Clethra alnifolia, not of this specimenClethra alnifolia L.1840OakesHerbariumRowley
A photograph of the species Euphorbia polygonifolia, not of this specimenEuphorbia polygonifolia L.1840Wolle, J.Ipswich
A photograph of the species Iva frutescens, not of this specimenIva frutescens L.1840Oakesad Ipswich
A photograph of the species Potentilla anserina, not of this specimenPotentilla anserina L.1840Wolle, J.Ipswich
A photograph of the species Sisymbrium officinale, not of this specimenSisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop.1840OakesIpswich

All 2,855 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

9 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Rowley: 7 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver. 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
Chipman MineLead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Newburyport Pb-A?^IctLead, SilverPast Producer
Goodhue PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ipswich PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Miles River Sand and Gravel CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
R W DrinkwaterSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
R W Drinkwater IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Rowley Ready Mix Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Topseal PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Essex County

Storms nearby

7 since 1999

The National Weather Service names Rowley in 7 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 2015Thunderstorm WindRowley$25,000Numerous trees and wires were downed by thunderstorm winds.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindRowley$3,000In Rowley, there were trees down on several streets.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindRowley$500Large branches were downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2007HailRowley-Quarter size hail.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindRowley-Large tree limbs down just east of Route 1. A greenhouse was damaged nearby.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindRowley-no account filed
July 1999HailRowley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Essex 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
Doles Corner1.4 miles41
Kent Corner1.8 miles41
Glen Mills1.9 miles41
Pinefield2.3 miles41
South Byfield2.6 miles41
Leightons Corner3.1 miles41
Aqawam (historical)3.3 miles42
Ipswich3.3 miles42

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.

Wikipedia article on RowleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7372222The 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 614336. 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.