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Stoneville, Massachusetts

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Wendell town. It lies in ZIP code area 01380. It stands on Osgood Brook. The Survey maps it on the Millers Falls quadrangle.

Stoneville within Franklin County

Then and now

1887 to 1990

The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Stoneville, surveyed 1990
Topographic sheet of Stoneville, surveyed 1887

Topographic sheets covering this place

32 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

21 since 2006

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Stoneville between 2006 and 2020, burning about 9 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 burning11
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
28 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
18 June 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
17 June 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
3 May 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
23 May 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
20 May 2020Smokingunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
18 May 2017Smokingunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
29 April 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,571 shown

Museums hold 1,571 specimens collected within 10 miles of Stoneville between 1856 and 1975: 908 Animalia, 341 Plantae, 210 Fungi, 112 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A S Pease, A. Cronquist, A. M. Ottley 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 Dryopteris spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) WattDryopteris spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) Watt1896Leonard, F.E.Northfield, Mass.
A photograph of the species Pyxine sorediata, not of this specimenPyxine sorediata (Ach.) Mont.1856Charles C. Frost
A photograph of the species Juncus pelocarpus, not of this specimenJuncus pelocarpus E.Mey.1860E. TuckermanShutesbury.
unnamed (fossil)1867Othniel C. Marshblack sh, [property of T.M. Stoughton, 1871 Beers County map, previously owned by Dr. Roswell Field], S side of Connecticut River, Horse Race, Montague
A photograph of the species Carex prasina, not of this specimenCarex prasina Wahlenb.1892J. R. ChurchillMontague
A photograph of the species Carex torta, not of this specimenCarex torta Boott1892J. R. ChurchillMontague
Rhexia virginica L.1892not recordedMillers Falls
A photograph of the species Carex plantaginea, not of this specimenCarex plantaginea Lam.1896Sydney HarrisWoods near Factory Village [Note: Location found by Geolocate is in Franklin County]
A photograph of the species Dryopteris intermedia, not of this specimenDryopteris intermedia (Muhl. ex Willd.) A.Gray1896Leonard, F.E.Northfield
A photograph of the species Cyperus lupulinus, not of this specimenCyperus lupulinus var. macilentus (Fernald) A.Haines1899J. A. BatesMiller's Falls
A photograph of the species Caliciopsis pinea, not of this specimenCaliciopsis pinea Peck1928Hansbrough J. R.Athol
A photograph of the species Catostomus commersonii, not of this specimenCatostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)1928CL & LC HubbsTrib. of Miller's River, South Athol, NW border of Worcester Co., below a dam-pond, above res.; Connecticut system

All 1,571 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 16 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Stoneville: 8 occurrences, 5 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Mica, Mica, Feldspar, Feldspar, 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
Almandine - Garnet OccuranceGemstone, GarnetOccurrenceMetamorphic
Almandine-Garnet OccuranceGarnetOccurrence
Granite QuarryStone, DimensionOccurrence
Granite QuarryGranitePast Producer
B L Frye IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Frye Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Orange Mica MineMica, FeldsparOccurrence1940
Orange Mica MineMica, FeldsparOccurrence
Pegmatite QuarryMica, FeldsparOccurrencePegmatite
Pegmatite QuarryMica, FeldsparProducerPegmatite

Every working recorded in Franklin 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
Erving0.9 miles32
Wendell Depot1.2 miles32
West Orange2.2 miles32
Farley3.0 miles32
Wendell3.4 miles32
Sky Farm3.6 miles36
Orange3.9 miles32
Morse Village4.4 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 609232. 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.