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Saugus, Massachusetts

46 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Saugus town. It lies in ZIP code area 01906. It stands on Vinegar Hill. The Survey maps it on the Boston North quadrangle.

Saugus within Essex County

Then and now

1893 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Saugus, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Saugus, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

46 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

111 since 2003

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Saugus between 2003 and 2020, burning about 230 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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
Recreation and ceremony31
Debris and open burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Smoking16
Arson/incendiarism12
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Fireworks3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1

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
4 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
28 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
25 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlSAUGUS
23 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
21 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
21 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
21 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Essex County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 12,319 shown

Museums hold 12,319 specimens collected within 10 miles of Saugus between 1800 and 1975: 5,669 Plantae, 3,402 Animalia, 1,598 Fungi, 1,044 Chromista, 330 Bacteria, 249 Unrecorded, 27 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A B. Proper, A. A. Eaton 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
A photograph of the species Rhodocollybia prolixa, not of this specimenRhodocollybia prolixa var. distorta (Fr.) Antonín, Halling & Noordel.1800R. B. MackintoshPeabody
Erysiphaceae1803A. B. Seymour
A photograph of the species Myrica L., not of this specimenMyrica L.1815Boott, J.W.West Cambridge [=Town of Arlington], five miles from Boston.
A photograph of the species Hamamelis L., not of this specimenHamamelis L.1816Boott, J.Andover Turnpike [=Northern Expressway?], 6 miles from Boston.
A photograph of the species Amaranthus cannabinus, not of this specimenAmaranthus cannabinus (L.) Sauer1822not recorded
A photograph of the species Potentilla argentea, not of this specimenPotentilla argentea L.1830A. P. Bhute
A photograph of the species Carex rosea, not of this specimenCarex rosea Willd.1833W. Boott
A photograph of the species Carex echinata, not of this specimenCarex echinata subsp. echinata1834Collector unspecifiedChelsea. [Inferred county from precise loc.]
A photograph of the species Desmarestia viridis, not of this specimenDesmarestia viridis (O.F.Müll.) J.V.Lamour.1841C. E. PeaseMarblehead
A photograph of the species Polysiphonia urceolata, not of this specimenPolysiphonia urceolata (Lightfoot ex Dillwyn) Greville1841F. S. CollinsRevere Beach, Revere, MA
A photograph of the species Carex caryophyllea, not of this specimenCarex caryophyllea Latourr.1847C. DeweySalem
A photograph of the species Carex muhlenbergii, not of this specimenCarex muhlenbergii Kunth ex Boott1847F. M. B. Boott

All 12,319 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 13 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Saugus: 4 plants, 4 producers, 3 past producers, 1 unknown. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
Kay Locke Inc PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lynn Eastern Smelt & Refin CorpGold, Silver, Platinum, Palladium, MercuryPlant
Saugus DepositIronOccurrence
Ferro Ceramic Grinding--WakefieldSilicaPlant
Syncor Prdts Co--Malden, Ma.SilicaPlant
Malden QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Malden QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Richardson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Saugus QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Swampscott PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant

Every working recorded in Essex County

Storms nearby

14 since 2000

The National Weather Service names Saugus in 14 storm reports between 2000 and 2021: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 3 flood. 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
September 2017Flash FloodEast Saugus$100,000In Lynn at 530 AM EST, Boston Street was flooded and impassable at Stetson Street. A car was trapped in flood waters at the intersection of Boston and Bridge Streets. At 536 AM EST, a car was trapped in flood waters at Lynn Commons; people in the car needed to be rescued. At 542 AM EST multiple cars were trapped in flood waters at the intersection of Boston Street and Cottage Street; the road was closed. Also multiple cars were trapped in flood waters at Washington and Johnson Streets. At 550 AM EST, Western Avenue, Liberty Street, and North Common Street were closed due to flooding. At 555 AM EST Alley Street was flooded and impassable. At 558 AM EST, a car was trapped in flooding on Commercial Street at Fenwick Street. At 649 AM EST, multiple cars were trapped in flood waters on Monroe, New Park, and Federal Streets as well as Western Avenue. At 8 AM EST, Ainsworth Place at Boston Road experienced flooding into buildings. An amateur radio operator in Lynn reported a storm total of 3.79 inches of rain.
August 2018Flash FloodNorth Saugus$20,000At 9:50 AM EST, several cars were trapped in floodwaters on U.S. Route 1 northbound in Lynnfield northwest of Walden Pond.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindSaugus$15,000At 10:08 AM EST, a microburst downed trees in Saugus along a one-mile path from the western side of Riverside Cemetery to Ballard Street. This path is roughly parallel to Winter Street. The maximum width of this microburst was approximately 250 yards. Several trees were reported down in Riverside Cemetery. Several trees were down on Riverside Park and Victoria Street. Several trees were down on Riverside Court. A tree and wires were down on Ballard Street.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindSaugus$10,000no account filed
June 2013FloodNorth Saugus$5,000One to two feet of water flooded Route 1 northbound in Danvers. In Peabody, a car was stuck in flood waters on Roosevelt Street.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindSaugus$5,000Wires on Chestnut Street were downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2019FloodEast Saugus$3,000Car stuck in flood waters on Western Avenue at Fox Hill Bridge.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindSaugus$3,000At 10 PM EST, a tree was reported down on street lights at Curtis Street and Morton Avenue.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindNorth Saugus$800In Lynnfield, there was a tree down on power lines at Heath Circle.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindNorth Saugus$800In Saugus, a tree was down on wires on Hobson St.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindSaugus$500In Saugus, a tree was down on Lincoln Ave.
August 2015FloodEast Saugus-Western Avenue was closed at Fox Hill Bridge due to flooding.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindSaugus-Trees and wires down on Central Street.
April 2000Flash FloodSaugus-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
Lynnhurst0.5 miles46
Pleasant Hills0.7 miles46
Cliftondale1.1 miles46
Oakland Vale1.2 miles46
Merrimac Terrace1.3 miles46
West Lynn1.5 miles43
Raddin Station1.7 miles43
North Saugus2.2 miles46

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 612812. 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.