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Warwick, Massachusetts

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Warwick town. It lies in ZIP code area 01378. It stands on Little Mount Grace. The Survey maps it on the Mount Grace quadrangle.

Warwick 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 Warwick, surveyed 1990
Topographic sheet of Warwick, surveyed 1887

Topographic sheets covering this place

34 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

6 since 2004

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Warwick between 2004 and 2020, burning about 4 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning2
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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
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
12 May 2016Smoking1.0 acresNew Hampshire Division of Forest and Landsnot named
5 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
29 April 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
10 April 2004Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresMassachussetts State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 554 shown

Museums hold 554 specimens collected within 10 miles of Warwick between 1856 and 1975: 293 Animalia, 132 Fungi, 126 Plantae, 3 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A S Pease, A. J. Grout, 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
unnamed (fossil)1867Othniel C. Marshblack sh, N side of Connecticut River, Horse Race, Gill
A photograph of the species Mormolucoides articulatus, not of this specimenMormolucoides articulatus Hitchcock, 1858 (fossil)1867Othniel C. Marshblack sh, N side of Connecticut River, Horse Race, Gill
A photograph of the species Potamogeton bicupulatus, not of this specimenPotamogeton bicupulatus Fernald1895A. J. GroutLily Pond
Rhexia virginica L.1895A. J. GroutLily Pond
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 Caliciopsis pinea, not of this specimenCaliciopsis pinea Peck1928Hansbrough J. R.Athol
A photograph of the species Corticium confluens, not of this specimenCorticium confluens (Fr.) Fr.1928Hansbrough J. R.Athol
A photograph of the species Diatrype stigma, not of this specimenDiatrype stigma (Hoffm.) Fr.1928Hansbrough J. R.Athol
A photograph of the species Hymenochaete agglutinans, not of this specimenHymenochaete agglutinans Ellis1928Spaulding P.; Hansbrough J. R.Athol
A photograph of the species Hymenochaete tabacina, not of this specimenHymenochaete tabacina (Sowerby) Lév.1928Hansbrough J. R.Athol

All 554 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 19 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Warwick: 9 occurrences, 5 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Mica, Mica, Feldspar, Feldspar. 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
Granite QuarryStone, DimensionOccurrence
Granite QuarryGranitePast Producer
Orange Mica MineMica, FeldsparOccurrence1940
Orange Mica MineMica, FeldsparOccurrence
Pegmatite QuarryMica, FeldsparOccurrencePegmatite
Pegmatite QuarryMica, FeldsparProducerPegmatite
Pegmatite QuarryMica, FeldsparPast Producer
Pegmatite QuarryMica, FeldsparPast Producer
Pegmatite QuarryMica, FeldsparPast Producer
Pegmetite QuarryMica, FeldsparProducerFeldspar, Mica

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms nearby

11 since 1995

The National Weather Service names Warwick in 11 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2016Thunderstorm WindWarwick$25,000A tree and wires on North Holden and Orange Roads and multiple trees on Flower Hill Road were downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindWarwick$15,000Trees and wires along Route 28 were downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindWarwick$5,000In Northfield, a tree was downed onto wires on Old Wendell Road. A tree was downed onto wires on Orange Road in Warwick.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindWarwick$5,000A tree and wires were downed on Athol Road in Warwick.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindWarwick$5,000A large tree on Wendell Road was downed by thunderstorm winds.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindWarwick$5,000A tree on Wendell Road was downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindWarwick$500In Warwick, a tree was down on Orange Road.
June 2025HailWarwick-In Warwick, 1 inch hail was reported.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindWarwick-Trees down.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindWarwick-no account filed
June 1995Thunderstorm WindWarwick-no account filed

Every storm 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
Mayo Corners1.5 miles34
Camp Warwick1.6 miles34
Blissville3.5 miles34
Sky Farm5.2 miles36
North Orange5.2 miles34
East Northfield5.3 miles36
Tully5.7 miles36
West Orange5.8 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 609489. 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.