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Stockbridge, Massachusetts

42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Stockbridge town. It lies in ZIP code area 01262. It stands on Konkapot Brook. The Survey maps it on the Stockbridge quadrangle.

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Stockbridge within Berkshire County

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 Stockbridge, surveyed 1997

Topographic sheet of Stockbridge, surveyed 1888

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

5 photographs,

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.

Housatonic National Bank, Stockbridge, Berkshire County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress

Mark Hopkins House, Stockbridge, Berkshire County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress

Old Bank Building, West Stockbridge, Berkshire County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress

Congregational Church, Stockbridge Common, Stockbridge, Berkshire County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress

Butler Bridge, Spans Housatonic River on Butler Road (North Glendale Road), Stockbridge, Berkshire County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress

Fires nearby

28 since 2003

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Stockbridge between 2003 and 2020, burning about 17 acres in total. 1 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 burning	15
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Recreation and ceremony	2
Smoking	1
Natural	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
18 September 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control	not named
13 September 2016	Other causes	under an acre	Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control	not named
4 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control	not named
31 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control	not named
1 August 2017	Smoking	under an acre	Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control	not named
7 July 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Massachussetts State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
24 July 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control	not named
18 July 2019	Natural	under an acre	Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Berkshire County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,896 shown

Museums hold 1,896 specimens collected within 10 miles of Stockbridge between 1833 and 1975: 848 Animalia, 797 Plantae, 244 Fungi, 3 Protozoa, 2 Chromista, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A W Evans, A. Brown, A. E. Treat 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.

Species	Year	Collected by	Where, as recorded
Potamogeton pusillus subsp. tenuissimus (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) K.Richt.	1900	P. B. Weatherbee
Betula alleghaniensis Britton	1833	Collector unknown
Betula pumila L.	1833	Collector unspecified
Carex utriculata Boott	1833	W. L. Worcester
Dennstaedtia punctilobula (Michx.) T.Moore	1833	Collector unknown
Gymnocarpium dryopteris (L.) Newman	1833	Collector unknown
Parnassia caroliniana Michx.	1834	not recorded
Percopsis omiscomaycus (Walbaum, 1792)	1860	Britton McCabe	Green R. (trib. of Housatonic R.), 1 mi. S of Great Barrington on Rt. 23
Platanthera peramoena A.Gray	1863	J. T. Stewart	Glendale
Spiranthes magnicamporum Sheviak	1863	J. T. Stewart	Glendale
Bartramia pomiformis Hedw.	1895	not recorded
Acer saccharum Marshall	1897	Vail, A.M.	Tyringham

All 1,896 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 22 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Stockbridge: 11 past producers, 10 producers, 1 prospect. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
John S Lane and Son Inc	Limestone, General	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Lee Marble Inc Qy & Plant	Marble, Dimension	Producer
Lee Quarry and Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Lee White Marble Quarry	Marble, Dimension	Past Producer	Metamorphic
No 6 Quarry & Plnt Lane & Son	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Toby Lime Plant	Limestone, General	Producer
Belden Mine	Iron	Producer	Limonite
Belden Mine	Iron	Past Producer	Residual
Belden Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Cook Mine	Iron	Producer	Limonite

Every working recorded in Berkshire County

Storms nearby

50 since 1993

The National Weather Service names Stockbridge in 50 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 34 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 7 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death. 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 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	West Stockbridge	1 killed	Lenox Police reported that a 56 year old man was killed when a large tree came down in the travel line onto his pickup truck at the intersection of Route 7 and Old Stockbridge Road. Report was obtained via a local newspaper.
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	West Stockbridge	$19,000	A cold front, moving into a very warm humid and unstable airmass, produced scattered thunderstorms across Berkshire County during the afternoon of August 3. One of the storms became severe, as wind gusts knocked trees down in the town of West Stockbridge.
June 2014	Flash Flood	West Stockbridge	$10,000	A portion of Lenox Branch Road in West Stockbridge was washed out due to flash flooding from thunderstorm heavy rainfall.
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Stockbridge	$10,000	no account filed
July 1997	Flash Flood	West Stockbridge	$10,000	no account filed
July 1997	Flash Flood	Stockbridge	$4,000	no account filed
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Stockbridge	$3,000	no account filed
July 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Stockbridge	$2,000	no account filed
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Stockbridge	$1,000	no account filed
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	West Stockbridge	-	There were several reports of trees on wires in the Town of West Stockbridge.
September 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	West Stockbridge	-	Multiple trees were downed along Old Stockbridge Rd.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Stockbridge	-	A tree was downed blocking Church Street in the town of Stockbridge.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Stockbridge	-	Trees were downed on Lee Road near the town of Stockbridge.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Stockbridge	-	Trees and wires were reported down on Hawthorne Road.
August 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	West Stockbridge	-	Trees and wires were downed on Lenox Road in the Town of Richmond.
March 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Stockbridge	-	A tree was reported on a house on Main Street.
March 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Stockbridge	-	Trees were reported down blocking Route 7.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Stockbridge	-	A tree was reported down on East Street.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	West Stockbridge	-	A downed large tree was blocking Fox Hollow Road.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Stockbridge	-	Trees were downed.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Stockbridge	-	Trees were downed in Stockbridge.
October 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Stockbridge	-	Multiple trees were downed.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Stockbridge	-	Several white pine trees were sheared 20 to 30 feet off the ground, and a large dead poplar tree was downed.
September 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	West Stockbridge	-	A tree was downed onto wires.
May 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Stockbridge	-	Trees were reported down at the Stockbridge Cemetary in Stockbridge due to thunderstorm high winds.
May 2016	Flash Flood	Stockbridge	-	Heavy rainfall from slow moving thunderstorms resulted in flash flooding in Stockbridge. Main street was impassable due to high water. The bottom floor of the town office building had standing water that was mopped up before it could do any damage to equipment in the offices. Some nearby homes on Church Street had water in their basements as well.
May 2016	Flash Flood	Stockbridge	-	Slow moving thunderstorms resulted in flash flooding in Stockbridge at the police station on West Stockbridge Road. Also, a portion of Route 183 was closed due to flooding in the village of Interlaken, where flooding impacted an ongoing culvert project near the Massachusetts Turnpike overpass. A portion of Glendale road was closed as well.
June 2015	Hail	West Stockbridge	-	Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in West Stockbridge.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	West Stockbridge	-	A tree and wires were reported down on Lenox Road in West Stockbridge as a result of thunderstorm winds.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	West Stockbridge	-	A tree was downed and on a car in West Stockbridge as a result of thunderstorm winds.
October 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Stockbridge	-	A tree fell on a car in Stockbridge as a result of thunderstorm winds.
May 2013	Flash Flood	West Stockbridge	-	Flash flooding was reported in West Stockbridge as a result of heavy rainfall from thunderstorms. Several roads in the town was reported to be impacted by the flooding.
March 2011	Flood	Stockbridge	-	In Stockbridge, a public playground on Park Street was reported to be partially submerged.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Stockbridge	-	Trees were reported down in Stockbridge due to strong thunderstorm winds.
June 2011	Hail	Stockbridge	-	Golf ball size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Stockbridge.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Stockbridge	-	Numerous trees and limbs were reported down in Stockbridge due to strong thunderstorm winds.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	West Stockbridge	-	Trees were reported down on houses in the vicinity of the Stockbridge Bowl in Stockbridge along Interlaken and Mahkeenac Roads due to strong thunderstorm winds.
June 2009	Hail	Stockbridge	-	Penny size hail was reported in Stockbridge during a thunderstorm.
August 2009	Hail	Stockbridge	-	Quarter size hail was reported in Stockbridge during a thunderstorm.
July 2009	Flash Flood	West Stockbridge	-	Numerous roads were reported closed in West Stockbridge due to flash flooding from very heavy rainfall.
July 2008	Lightning	West Stockbridge	-	A 40 year old male from New Jersey was struck by lightning at the Tanglewood Music Center in Lenox. He was running to seek shelter at a concert hall when he was struck. He was holding an umbrella at the time of the incident.
March 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Stockbridge	-	A large tree limb, and wires were reported down in Stockbridge at 2010 EST due to strong thunderstorm winds.
May 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Stockbridge	-	Numerous trees were reported down from thunderstorm winds in Stockbridge. One tree reportedly fell on a car.
August 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Stockbridge	-	Trees blown down.
April 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Stockbridge	-	Trees were reported blown down.
August 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Stockbridge	-	Emergency Management, state police and Skywarn observers reported trees and wires downed in many parts of Berkshire County. Some roads were blocked in Stockbridge. About 1,500 customers were without power.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Stockbridge	-	no account filed
June 2002	Hail	West Stockbridge	-	no account filed
May 2001	Hail	West Stockbridge	-	no account filed
July 1997	Hail	Stockbridge	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Berkshire 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Larrywaug	1.1 miles	42
Glendale	1.3 miles	42
Interlaken	1.9 miles	42
South Lee	2.4 miles	42
Beachwood	2.6 miles	42
Mahkeenac Heights	2.7 miles	42
Rockdale Mills	3.0 miles	43
Mahkeenac Shores	3.0 miles	42

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 607749. 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.