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Swanson Corners, Massachusetts

43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Southampton town. It lies in ZIP code area 01073. It stands on Red Brook. The Survey maps it on the Mount Tom quadrangle.

Swanson Corners within Hampshire County

Then and now

1886 to 1998

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 Swanson Corners, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Swanson Corners, surveyed 1886

Compare 1886 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

43 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

68 since 2004

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Swanson Corners between 2004 and 2020, burning about 78 acres in total. 9 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
Equipment and vehicle use31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Natural9
Recreation and ceremony5
Debris and open burning4
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
13 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
11 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
27 August 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
24 August 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
22 August 2015Natural1.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
9 July 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
8 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hampshire County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,141 shown

Museums hold 1,141 specimens collected within 10 miles of Swanson Corners between 1822 and 1975: 639 Plantae, 378 Animalia, 110 Fungi, 9 Chromista, 4 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Albee, A. B. Seymour, A. C. Gibson 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 Camissonia LinkCamissonia Link1898B. L. Robinson
A photograph of the species Porella platyphylloidea, not of this specimenPorella platyphylloidea (Schwein.) Lindb.1822EmmonsNorwich
A photograph of the species Carex bromoides, not of this specimenCarex bromoides Willd.1831Collector unknown
A photograph of the species Carex vesicaria, not of this specimenCarex vesicaria L.1836Collector unknown
A photograph of the species Carex vestita, not of this specimenCarex vestita Willd.1836Collector unspecified
A photograph of the species Kalmia angustifolia, not of this specimenKalmia angustifolia f. angustifolia1838L. DeWetteNorthampton.
A photograph of the species Kalmia latifolia, not of this specimenKalmia latifolia var. latifolia1838L. DeWetteNorthampton.
A photograph of the species Pogonia ophioglossoides, not of this specimenPogonia ophioglossoides (L.) Ker Gawl.1838L. DeWetteNorthampton.
A photograph of the species Meleagris gallopavo, not of this specimenMeleagris gallopavo silvestris Vieillot, 18171847William D. WhitneyMount Tom
A photograph of the species Stellaria graminea, not of this specimenStellaria graminea L.1849not recorded
A photograph of the species Carex platyphylla, not of this specimenCarex platyphylla J.Carey1858J. BlakeMt. Holyoke
A photograph of the species Geranium robertianum, not of this specimenGeranium robertianum L.1858not recordedMt. Holyoke

All 1,141 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

9 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Swanson Corners: 3 occurrences, 3 producers, 3 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Lead, Vanadium, Molybdenum, Silver. 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
LoudvilleMolybdenumOccurrenceWulfenite
Sandstone QuarryStone, DimensionProducerSandstone
Southampton AreaZinc, Lead, VanadiumOccurrenceDescloizite, Vanadinite
Southhampton Barite VeinLead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, MolybdenumProducerBarite, Galena
Southhampton Barite VeinBarium-Barite, Copper, Lead, Zinc, SilverPast Producer
Southhampton Barite Vein/Loudville Pb MineLead, SilverPast ProducerVein
New Mine Vein OccurrenceLeadOccurrence
New Mine Vein Occurrence Northwest of RusselvilleLeadProducerGalena
New Mine Vein Occurrence Nw of RusselvilleLeadPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Hampshire 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
Southampton2.2 miles43
Fomer4.8 miles37
Easthampton5.6 miles42
Loudville6.2 miles42
Great Swamp6.8 miles44
South Hadley Falls6.8 miles44
Westhampton7.7 miles37
Pine Grove7.7 miles42

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 Q122542453The 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 608810. 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.