Santuit, Massachusetts
34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Barnstable Town City. It lies in ZIP code area 02635. The Survey maps it on the Sandwich quadrangle.
Then and now
1888 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 106 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
34 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.
- 1888 USGS Barnstable quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Barnstable quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Barnstable quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Barnstable quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Barnstable quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Barnstable quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Barnstable quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Barnstable quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Barnstable quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Cotuit quadrangle1:31680
- 1941 USGS Cotuit quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Cape Cod Bay quadrangle1:125000
- 1943 USGS Cotuit quadrangle1:31680
- 1943 USGS Cotuit quadrangle1:31680
- 1943 USGS Cotuit quadrangle1:31680
- 1947 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Cotuit quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Cotuit quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Cotuit quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Providence quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Cotuit quadrangle1:24000
- 1974 USGS Cotuit quadrangle1:24000
- 1974 USGS Cotuit quadrangle1:25000
- 1974 USGS Cotuit quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Cotuit quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS New Bedford quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS New Bedford quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
84 since 2001The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Santuit between 2001 and 2020, burning about 52 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 10 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 | 40 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | 3115 |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | 3109 |
| 5 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | 2746 |
| 5 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | 2742 |
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachussetts State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 24 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | 3349 |
| 21 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | 3312 |
| 2 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 2,608 shownMuseums hold 2,608 specimens collected within 10 miles of Santuit between 1791 and 1975: 1,453 Animalia, 861 Plantae, 178 Fungi, 94 Chromista, 12 Bacteria, 7 Protozoa, 3 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. B. Seymour, A. R. Hodgdon, A. R. Hodgdon; E. J. Hehre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Aecidium Pers. | 1900 | Seymour, Arthur Bliss | near Shoot-flying Hill [sic; Shootflying Hill], Hyannis, Mass. [Massachusetts] |
![]() | Uromyces lespedezae-procumbentis (Schwein.) Lagerh. | 1900 | A. B. Seymour | Hyannis |
![]() | Uromyces lineolatus (Desm.) J.Schröt. | 1900 | W. G. Farlow | |
![]() | Drosera filiformis var. filiformis | 1791 | not recorded | |
![]() | Cistus L. | 1816 | Boott, F.M. | Sandwich, Massts. [=Sandwich, Massachusetts]. |
| Lythraceae | 1816 | Boott, J.W. | Sandwich, Mass'ts. | [On reverse of sheet:] From Sandwich, Mass'ts U.S.A. [=From Sandwich, Massachusetts, U.S.A.] | |
![]() | Malva neglecta Wallr. | 1816 | Boott, J.W. | Sandwich. Mass.tts. |
![]() | Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe, 1802) | 1860 | Harvard Museum | Waquoit |
![]() | Prionotus palmipes (Mitchill, 1815) | 1860 | Harvard Museum | Waguoit |
![]() | Calidris alba (Pallas, 1764) | 1866 | not recorded | Cape Cod |
![]() | Esox niger Lesueur, 1818 | 1871 | Agassiz, Jean Louis Rodolphe | Waquoit/Waqouit Bay, Massachusetts |
![]() | Nereis megalops (Verrill, 1873) | 1871 | Verrill, A. E. | Falmouth. Waquoit Pond |
All 2,608 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
7 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Santuit: 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byrne Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Campanella Corp | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Forestdale Pit & Plant Tilcon | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lebco Enterprises | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Lebco Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Marston Mills Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Thew Contractors | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms nearby
1 since 2019The National Weather Service names Santuit in 1 storm report between 2019 and 2019: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santuit | $500 | In Mashpee, a tree was down on Great Neck Road South. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cotuit | 1.6 miles | 34 | |
| Mashpee | 1.8 miles | 34 | |
| Mashpee Neck | 2.0 miles | 34 | |
| Cotuit Highlands | 2.1 miles | 34 | |
| Oyster Harbors | 2.2 miles | 34 | |
| Marstons Mills | 2.2 miles | 34 | |
| Pine Tree Corner | 2.3 miles | 34 | |
| Newtown | 2.4 miles | 36 |
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 Q122569446 | 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 615656. 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.












































