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Staples Shore, Massachusetts

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Lakeville town. It lies in ZIP code area 02347. It stands on Burial Hill. The Survey maps it on the Assawompset Pond quadrangle.

Staples Shore within Plymouth County

Then and now

1885 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 112 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Staples Shore, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Staples Shore, surveyed 1885

Compare 1885 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

34 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

100 since 2015

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Staples Shore between 2015 and 2020, burning about 102 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning55
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1

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
6 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
3 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
25 September 2020Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
19 September 2020Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
18 September 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlLAKEVILLE
17 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlMIDDLEBOROUGH
16 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlMIDDLEBOROUGH
14 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlMIDDLEBOROUGH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Plymouth County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 843 shown

Museums hold 843 specimens collected within 10 miles of Staples Shore between 1855 and 1975: 355 Plantae, 256 Animalia, 212 Fungi, 15 Protozoa, 5 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. B. Seymour, A. Humes, A. K. Harrison 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 Condylura cristata, not of this specimenCondylura cristata (Linnaeus, 1758)1855Preparator(s): Edwin V. KomarekMiddleboro
A photograph of the species Microtus pennsylvanicus, not of this specimenMicrotus pennsylvanicus pennsylvanicus (Ord, 1815)1855John W. JenksMiddleboro
A photograph of the species Peromyscus leucopus, not of this specimenPeromyscus leucopus (Rafinesque, 1818)1855John W. JenksMiddleboro
A photograph of the species Arethusa bulbosa, not of this specimenArethusa bulbosa L.1899J. Murdoch, Jr.Middleborough
A photograph of the species Carex comosa, not of this specimenCarex comosa Boott1899J. Murdoch, Jr.Middleborough
A photograph of the species Carex crinita, not of this specimenCarex crinita Lam.1899J. Murdoch, Jr.Middleborough
A photograph of the species Carex folliculata, not of this specimenCarex folliculata L.1899J. Murdoch, Jr.Middleborough
Carex merritt-fernaldii Mack.1899J. Murdoch, Jr.Middleborough
A photograph of the species Carex virescens, not of this specimenCarex virescens Muhl. ex Willd.1899J. Murdoch, Jr.Middleborough
A photograph of the species Dendroica petechia, not of this specimenDendroica petechia aestiva (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)1899Arthur C. DykeBridgewater
Epilobium latifolium L.1899J. Murdoch, Jr.Middleborough
Juncus effusus L.1899J. Murdoch, Jr.Middleborough

All 843 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 12 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Staples Shore: 6 past producers, 4 producers, 2 unknowns. 4 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Byrne Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Carver Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fillion Bruffee and Boucher PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lakeville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lakeville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lakeville Sand & Gravel CorpSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lakeville Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Lakeville Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Nemasket Const PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Nemasket Construction Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Plymouth 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
Nelsons Grove0.5 miles34
Lakeside0.8 miles34
Staples Corner0.9 miles34
North Lakeville1.0 miles34
Upper Four Corners1.1 miles34
Sampsons Corner1.1 miles34
Lakeville1.4 miles34
Wayside1.7 miles34

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 Q122543552The 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 613600. 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.