Uphams Corner, Massachusetts
46 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Boston City. It lies in ZIP code area 02125. It lies near Meeting House Hill. The Survey maps it on the Boston South quadrangle.
Then and now
1893 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Uphams Corner
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 12 of 17 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
William Monroe Trotter HouseNational Historic Landmark · listed 1976 · 0.3 miles away
Shirley-Eustis HouseNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966 · 0.7 miles away
Dorchester North Burying Groundlisted 1974 · 0.2 miles away
St. Mary's Episcopal Churchlisted 1998 · 0.2 miles away
James Blake Houselisted 1974 · 0.2 miles away
Upham's Corner Marketlisted 1990 · 0.2 miles away
Pilgrim Congregational Churchlisted 2013 · 0.3 miles away
Clapp Houseslisted 1974 · 0.3 miles away
Columbia Road-Bellevue Street Historic Districtlisted 2017 · 0.5 miles away
Benedict Fenwick Schoollisted 2004 · 0.6 miles away
Savin Hill Historic Districtlisted 2003 · 0.8 miles away
Frances and Isabella Apartmentslisted 2002 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
17 surveys from 46 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1893 USGS Boston quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1903 USGS Boston quadrangle1:62500, 13 printings
- 1943 USGS Boston quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Boston South quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Boston South quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Boston South quadrangle1:25000
- 1956 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Boston South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Boston South quadrangle1:24000
- 1970 USGS Boston South quadrangle1:25000
- 1977 USGS Boston South quadrangle1:25000
- 1985 USGS Boston quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Boston South quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Boston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Boston city. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
City Charter
IN giving some notices of manners and social life during this period, I shall speak first of usages which were characteristic of the close of the last century: most of them continued without essential modification until our city charter swept away the old landmarks, and Boston felt the im¬ pulses which mark a new epoch in her history.
Fires near this place
72 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Uphams Corner between 2015 and 2020, burning about 38 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 44 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 23 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 2 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | BROOKLINE |
| 2 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | QUINCY |
| 14 September 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | QUINCY |
| 11 September 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | QUINCY |
| 7 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | QUINCY |
| 6 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | MILTON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 17,041 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 17,041 specimens collected within 10 miles of Uphams Corner between 1810 and 1975: 7,699 Plantae, 4,392 Fungi, 3,559 Animalia, 880 Chromista, 212 Protozoa, 208 Bacteria, 91 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by (MARSDEN, H W), ?, A B Seymour 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Lysimachia × producta (A.Gray) Fernald | 1900 | A. P. Chute | |
![]() | Thalictrum L. | 1810 | Boott, J.W. | Near Boston. |
![]() | Anemone L. | 1815 | Boott, J. | Andover Turnpike, 7 miles from Boston. |
![]() | Betula L. | 1815 | Boott, J.W. | Near Fresh Pond, Cambridge, 4 miles from Boston. |
![]() | Chenopodium album L. | 1815 | not recorded | Gathered at Bunker (properly Breed's) Hill. |
![]() | Corylus L. | 1815 | not recorded | Cambridge Port, 2 miles from Boston. |
| Ericaceae | 1815 | Boott | Boston, U.S.A. | |
| Acanthis flammea flammea (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1900 | ZAPPEY, W R | ROSLINDALE | |
| Acer carpinifolium Siebold & Zucc. | 1900 | A. K. Harrison | Harvard Botanic Garden, Cambridge. | |
| Acer palmatum var. dissectum (Thunb.) Miq. | 1900 | A. K. Harrison | Harvard Botanic Garden, Cambridge. | |
| Agaricus flavescens (Gillet) Sacc. | 1900 | G. E. Morris | ||
| Agarum turneri Postels & Ruprecht | 1900 | J. Murdoch | Revere |
All 17,041 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Uphams Corner: 7 plants, 2 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Lead, Gypsum-Anhydrite, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. J. Mabardy | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Us Gypsum Co--Boston | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Whittemore Prdts Inc--Boston | Perlite | Plant | ||
| (Facility) Cambridge Smelter Co | Lead | Plant | ||
| General Metals & Smelting--Boston | Lead | Plant | ||
| Industrial Serv. Centers--Cambridge | Iron | Plant | ||
| Somerville Smelting Co. | Lead | Plant | ||
| Us Steel Supply Div--Boston | Iron | Plant | ||
| Wheelock-Lovejoy--Cambridge, Ma. | Iron | Plant |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Savin Hill | 0.3 miles | 46 | |
| Meeting House Hill | 0.7 miles | 46 | |
| Grove Hall | 0.8 miles | 46 | |
| Mount Ida | 0.9 miles | 46 | |
| Mount Bowdoin | 1.1 miles | 46 | |
| Fields Corner | 1.2 miles | 46 | |
| South Boston | 1.3 miles | 46 | |
| Dorchester Heights | 1.5 miles | 46 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 613024. 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.






















