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.
Then and now
1887 to 1990The 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 sheets covering this place
34 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.
- 1887 USGS Warwick quadrangle1:62500
- 1889 USGS Warwick quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Warwick quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Warwick quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Warwick quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Warwick quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Warwick quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Warwick quadrangle1:62500
- 1932 USGS Warwick quadrangle1:48000
- 1935 USGS Warwick quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Warwick quadrangle1:62500
- 1937 USGS Mt Grace quadrangle1:24000
- 1941 USGS Mt Grace quadrangle1:31680
- 1941 USGS Mt Grace quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Keene quadrangle1:125000
- 1945 USGS Mt Grace quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Mt Grace quadrangle1:31680
- 1946 USGS Mt Grace quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Mt Grace quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Mt Grace quadrangle1:25000
- 1977 USGS Mt Grace quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Mt Grace quadrangle1:25000
- 1977 USGS Mt Grace quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Keene quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Keene quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Keene quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Northfield quadrangle1:25000
- 1990 USGS Northfield quadrangle1:25000
Fires nearby
6 since 2004The 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 burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 June 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 17 June 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 12 May 2016 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | New Hampshire Division of Forest and Lands | not named |
| 5 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 29 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 10 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Massachussetts State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 554 shownMuseums 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Dryopteris spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) Watt | 1896 | Leonard, F.E. | Northfield, Mass. |
![]() | Pyxine sorediata (Ach.) Mont. | 1856 | Charles C. Frost | |
| unnamed (fossil) | 1867 | Othniel C. Marsh | black sh, N side of Connecticut River, Horse Race, Gill | |
![]() | Mormolucoides articulatus Hitchcock, 1858 (fossil) | 1867 | Othniel C. Marsh | black sh, N side of Connecticut River, Horse Race, Gill |
![]() | Potamogeton bicupulatus Fernald | 1895 | A. J. Grout | Lily Pond |
| Rhexia virginica L. | 1895 | A. J. Grout | Lily Pond | |
![]() | Dryopteris intermedia (Muhl. ex Willd.) A.Gray | 1896 | Leonard, F.E. | Northfield |
![]() | Caliciopsis pinea Peck | 1928 | Hansbrough J. R. | Athol |
![]() | Corticium confluens (Fr.) Fr. | 1928 | Hansbrough J. R. | Athol |
![]() | Diatrype stigma (Hoffm.) Fr. | 1928 | Hansbrough J. R. | Athol |
![]() | Hymenochaete agglutinans Ellis | 1928 | Spaulding P.; Hansbrough J. R. | Athol |
![]() | Hymenochaete tabacina (Sowerby) Lév. | 1928 | Hansbrough J. R. | Athol |
All 554 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
10 of 19 shownThe 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Granite Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Orange Mica Mine | Mica, Feldspar | Occurrence | 1940 | |
| Orange Mica Mine | Mica, Feldspar | Occurrence | ||
| Pegmatite Quarry | Mica, Feldspar | Occurrence | Pegmatite | |
| Pegmatite Quarry | Mica, Feldspar | Producer | Pegmatite | |
| Pegmatite Quarry | Mica, Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Pegmatite Quarry | Mica, Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Pegmatite Quarry | Mica, Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Pegmetite Quarry | Mica, Feldspar | Producer | Feldspar, Mica |
Storms nearby
11 since 1995The 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warwick | $25,000 | A tree and wires on North Holden and Orange Roads and multiple trees on Flower Hill Road were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warwick | $15,000 | Trees and wires along Route 28 were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warwick | $5,000 | In Northfield, a tree was downed onto wires on Old Wendell Road. A tree was downed onto wires on Orange Road in Warwick. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warwick | $5,000 | A tree and wires were downed on Athol Road in Warwick. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warwick | $5,000 | A large tree on Wendell Road was downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warwick | $5,000 | A tree on Wendell Road was downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warwick | $500 | In Warwick, a tree was down on Orange Road. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Warwick | - | In Warwick, 1 inch hail was reported. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warwick | - | Trees down. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warwick | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warwick | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayo Corners | 1.5 miles | 34 | |
| Camp Warwick | 1.6 miles | 34 | |
| Blissville | 3.5 miles | 34 | |
| Sky Farm | 5.2 miles | 36 | |
| North Orange | 5.2 miles | 34 | |
| East Northfield | 5.3 miles | 36 | |
| Tully | 5.7 miles | 36 | |
| West Orange | 5.8 miles | 32 |
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.











































