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Waterville, Massachusetts

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Middleborough town. It lies in ZIP code area 02346. It stands on Mount Carmel. The Survey maps it on the Plympton quadrangle.

Waterville within Plymouth County

Then and now

1885 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 109 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Waterville, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Waterville, surveyed 1885

Topographic sheets covering this place

37 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

102 since 2015

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Waterville between 2015 and 2020, burning about 85 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
Debris and open burning61
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Fireworks1

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
25 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlPLYMOUTH
19 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
17 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlMIDDLEBOROUGH
16 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlMIDDLEBOROUGH
15 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
14 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
11 September 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlHALIFAX
9 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlMIDDLEBOROUGH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Plymouth County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,228 shown

Museums hold 1,228 specimens collected within 10 miles of Waterville between 1816 and 1975: 505 Plantae, 425 Animalia, 276 Fungi, 15 Protozoa, 5 Unrecorded, 2 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by -- Russell, A., 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Taphrina Fr., 1815Taphrina Fr., 18151900Seymour, Arthur BlissPlymouth Woods, Mass. [Massachusetts]
Specimen of Trientalis borealis Raf.Trientalis borealis Raf.1900not recorded
A photograph of the species Sparganium L., not of this specimenSparganium L.1816Boott, J.W.Plymouth, Mass.ts.
A photograph of the species Myriophyllum humile, not of this specimenMyriophyllum humile (Raf.) Morong1838W Oakes
A photograph of the species Utricularia cornuta, not of this specimenUtricularia cornuta Michx.1840NonePlymouth
Carex stellata Mack.1842Collector unspecified[Half May Pond], Plymouth.
A photograph of the species Pseudevernia consocians, not of this specimenPseudevernia consocians (Vainio) Hale & W.L.Culb.1849-- RussellKingston
A photograph of the species Condylura cristata, not of this specimenCondylura cristata (Linnaeus, 1758)1855Preparator(s): Edwin V. KomarekMiddleboro
A photograph of the species Coreopsis rosea, not of this specimenCoreopsis rosea Nutt.1855J. Blake
A photograph of the species Juncus pelocarpus, not of this specimenJuncus pelocarpus E.Mey.1855J. BlakePlymouth.
A photograph of the species Arethusa bulbosa, not of this specimenArethusa bulbosa L.1899J. Murdoch, Jr.Middleborough
A photograph of the species Carex comosa, not of this specimenCarex comosa Boott1899J. Murdoch, Jr.Middleborough

All 1,228 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 11 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Waterville: 6 producers, 4 past producers, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Simeone Corp Carver Plant /QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
K F Brick CoClayPast ProducerSedimentary
K-F No 2 Pit & PlantClayProducer
Byrne Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Carver Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kelleher PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Kelleher PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lakeside PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Nemasket Const PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Plymouth Pit & Plant, Brook St.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Plymouth 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
Eddyville0.6 miles37
Prospect Hill2.1 miles37
Nemasket2.1 miles36
North Carver2.2 miles37
Cole Mill2.3 miles37
The Green2.5 miles36
Plympton2.8 miles37
Thomastown2.9 miles37

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 614026. 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.