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Rutland, Massachusetts

42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Rutland town. It lies in ZIP code area 01543. It stands on Pound Hill. The Survey maps it on the Paxton quadrangle. 2,179 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,125 feet above sea level.

Rutland within Worcester County

Population over time

2 figures

Rutland grew from 2,111 to 2,179 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
20102,111
20202,179+68 (+3%)

Then and now

1885 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rutland, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Rutland, surveyed 1885

Topographic sheets covering this place

42 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.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

General Rufus Putnam House, Main Street, Rutland, Worcester County, MA
General Rufus Putnam House, Main Street, Rutland, Worcester County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress

Fires nearby

39 since 2015

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Rutland between 2015 and 2020, burning about 22 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 burning24
Recreation and ceremony7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
14 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
4 August 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
6 July 2016Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
4 June 2020Debris and open burning1.5 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
30 June 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
18 June 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
13 June 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
8 May 2016Debris and open burningunder 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 868 shown

Museums hold 868 specimens collected within 10 miles of Rutland between 1839 and 1974: 485 Plantae, 266 Animalia, 114 Fungi, 2 Unrecorded, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. C. V. Schott, A. K. Harrison, A.B. Seymour 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 Porella platyphylla (L.) Pfeiff.Porella platyphylla (L.) Pfeiff.1895James F. CollinsSouth spur, Mount Wachusett
Specimen of Athyrium filix-femina subsp. angustum (Willd.) R.T.ClausenAthyrium filix-femina subsp. angustum (Willd.) R.T.Clausen1900DavenportPine Hill; Medford
Specimen of Pooecetes gramineus gramineus (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)Pooecetes gramineus gramineus (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)1900Roscoe I. Giles
A photograph of the species Bartramia pomiformis, not of this specimenBartramia pomiformis Hedw.1839unknownBarre
A photograph of the species Carex gracillima, not of this specimenCarex gracillima Schwein.1839M. S. BebbBarre
A photograph of the species Carex intumescens, not of this specimenCarex intumescens Rudge1839M. S. BebbBarre
A photograph of the species Carex lacustris, not of this specimenCarex lacustris Willd.1839M. S. BebbBarre
A photograph of the species Carex stipata, not of this specimenCarex stipata Muhl. ex Willd.1839M. S. BebbBarre
A photograph of the species Cirsium arvense, not of this specimenCirsium arvense (L.) Scop.1839M. S. BebbBarre
A photograph of the species Cypripedium acaule, not of this specimenCypripedium acaule Aiton1839M. S. BebbBarre
Hepatica americana (DC.) Ker Gawl.1892Clarence Kinney
Rhododendron nudiflorum Torr.1892George W. Burlingame

All 868 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 Rutland: 5 past producers, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Holden Trap RockStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Holden Trap Rock CompanyStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Highway PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Holden Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Holden Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Intervale PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Landfill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Trulson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wachusetts PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Worcester County

Storms nearby

15 since 2003

The National Weather Service names Rutland in 15 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 flash flood, 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 2013LightningRutland$50,000A lightning strike ignited a house fire on Haven Hill Road.
August 2003Flash FloodRutland$25,000no account filed
September 2016Thunderstorm WindRutland$15,000Trees and wires were downed on Campbell Street, Pleasantdale Road, and Lincoln Road.
February 2016Thunderstorm WindRutland$10,000Trees on Glenwood and Wachusett Streets in Rutland were downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindRutland$8,000Multiple trees across Rutland and Oakham were downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindRutland$5,000A tree on Naquag Street was downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindRutland$4,000Trees were downed on Glenwood and Campbell Streets.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindRutland$300In Rutland, a tree fell blocking half of East Center Rd.
May 2025Flash FloodRutland-In Rutland, a basement was flooded on Vista Circle.
August 2024HailRutland-In Rutland, quarter sized hail fell.
July 2023FloodRutland-In Rutlant, Rt 56 at Vista Circle was flooded.
October 2020HailRutland-Dime size hail was reported in Rutland.
August 2015HailRutland-no account filed
August 2015HailRutland-no account filed
September 2010HailRutland-no account filed

Every storm 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
Sandy Beach2.1 miles42
West Rutland2.2 miles42
Turkey Hill Shores2.2 miles42
Muschopauge2.4 miles46
White Hall2.7 miles42
New Boston3.3 miles46
Jefferson3.6 miles42
Brooks4.1 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.

Wikipedia article on RutlandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7383474The 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 610266. 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.