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The Street, Massachusetts

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1988. It stands in Athol town. It lies in ZIP code area 01331. It lies near High Knob. The Survey maps it on the Athol quadrangle.

The Street within Worcester County

Then and now

1887 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 101 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of The Street, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of The Street, surveyed 1887

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 surveys from 32 printed 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.

In the county-history sources

23,504 words on this township

History of Worcester County, Massachusetts : with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men., published 1889 names this settlement in its chapter on Athol Town. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

From the table containing the results of the drawing for lots in Pequoiag, it appears that prior to June 26, 1734, a highway had been laid out, if not opened, through the township, north and south, which probably passed over " The Street," through ! the upper village and, crossing Miller's River some- , where in the vicinity of the existing bridge, continued over Chestnut Hill or west of it to the northern line of the grant. At the drawing for lots it is probable that this highway was confined to the plan of the , township and simply aided in the location of the ; lots.

Passage source: History of Worcester County, Massachusetts : with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men., published 1889.

Most, or all, of these five families erected their huts upon The Street, but at considerable distance from one another, for the lots which they drew, and doubtless commenced clearing at once, were by no means in close proximity.

Passage source: History of Worcester County, Massachusetts : with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men., published 1889.

One of these forts (and probably the one first constructed) was located on "The Street," nearly in front of the house then occupied by the late Mrs. Betsey Humphrey, the home of Mr. John F. Humphrey and Mrs. Ebenezer Brock in their childhood. The well of this fort, now to be seen, has long furnished water for the first parsonage, the home of the first pastor and his descendants bearing the nameof James Humphrey for four generations. Where the Pequoig House now stands tradition has located a second of these forts, while a third wa.s located northwest of the Lower Vil-

Passage source: History of Worcester County, Massachusetts : with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men., published 1889.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Athol Town - it names this place 6 more 6 times.

Fires near this place

37 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of The Street between 2004 and 2020, burning about 176 acres in total. 1 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 burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1
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
22 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
23 August 2020Naturalunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
24 July 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
30 June 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
16 June 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
15 June 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
14 June 2020Smokingunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Worcester County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 1,407 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,407 specimens collected within 10 miles of The Street between 1856 and 1975: 739 Animalia, 443 Fungi, 201 Plantae, 15 Unrecorded, 9 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Melander, A. Melander & A. Melander, A. P. Baker 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 Osmunda regalis L.Osmunda regalis L.1900Bates, J.A.Royalston.
A photograph of the species Pyxine sorediata, not of this specimenPyxine sorediata (Ach.) Mont.1856Charles C. Frost
A photograph of the species Athyrium filix-femina, not of this specimenAthyrium filix-femina var. angustum (Willd.) G.Lawson1876Harris, M.E.Mount Loby
A photograph of the species Hemitrichia vesparia, not of this specimenHemitrichia vesparia (Batsch) T.Macbr., 18991882not recordedPetersham
A photograph of the species Solidago uliginosa, not of this specimenSolidago uliginosa Nutt.1896G. T. HastingsTully. Tully Lake.
A photograph of the species Botrychium dissectum, not of this specimenBotrychium dissectum Spreng.1898not recorded
A photograph of the species Juncus nodosus, not of this specimenJuncus nodosus L.1898G. T. HastingsTully Lake.
A photograph of the species Antennaria howellii, not of this specimenAntennaria howellii subsp. canadensis (Greene) R.J.Bayer1899Bates, J.A.
A photograph of the species Bulbostylis capillaris, not of this specimenBulbostylis capillaris (L.) Kunth ex C.B.Clarke1899J. A. Bates
A photograph of the species Carex normalis, not of this specimenCarex normalis Mack.1899not recorded
A photograph of the species Carex pallescens, not of this specimenCarex pallescens L.1899J. A. Bates
A photograph of the species Carex radiata, not of this specimenCarex radiata (Wahlenb.) Small1899J. A. Bates

All 1,407 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of The Street: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Jagger MineIronOccurrence1845
Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Worcester 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
Athol1.5 miles32
Partridgeville2.1 miles32
Pinedale2.8 miles32
Eaglesville3.2 miles32
Fryeville3.7 miles36
Burrage Corner3.7 miles32
South Athol3.8 miles32
Phillipston Four Corners4.6 miles32

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 Q122572570The 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 617527. 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.