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West Stockbridge, Massachusetts

42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1997. It stands in West Stockbridge town. It lies in ZIP code area 01266. It stands on Cone Brook. The Survey maps it on the Stockbridge quadrangle.

West Stockbridge within Berkshire County

Then and now

1888 to 1997

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 West Stockbridge, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of West Stockbridge, surveyed 1888

Topographic sheets covering this place

42 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.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Old Bank Building, West Stockbridge, Berkshire County, MA
Old Bank Building, West Stockbridge, Berkshire County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress

Fires nearby

56 since 2001

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of West Stockbridge between 2001 and 2020, burning about 73 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 burning18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural1

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 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
4 August 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
31 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
17 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 July 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 July 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 June 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 June 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNew York Forest RangersHARVEY MOUNTAIN FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Berkshire County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,139 shown

Museums hold 1,139 specimens collected within 10 miles of West Stockbridge between 1833 and 1975: 631 Plantae, 262 Fungi, 240 Animalia, 2 Chromista, 2 Protozoa, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A W Evans, A. Brown, A. F. Beale 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 Potamogeton pusillus subsp. tenuissimus (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) K.Richt.Potamogeton pusillus subsp. tenuissimus (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) K.Richt.1900P. B. Weatherbee
A photograph of the species Betula alleghaniensis, not of this specimenBetula alleghaniensis Britton1833Collector unknown
A photograph of the species Betula pumila, not of this specimenBetula pumila L.1833Collector unspecified
A photograph of the species Carex utriculata, not of this specimenCarex utriculata Boott1833W. L. Worcester
A photograph of the species Dennstaedtia punctilobula, not of this specimenDennstaedtia punctilobula (Michx.) T.Moore1833Collector unknown
A photograph of the species Gymnocarpium dryopteris, not of this specimenGymnocarpium dryopteris (L.) Newman1833Collector unknown
A photograph of the species Parnassia caroliniana, not of this specimenParnassia caroliniana Michx.1834not recorded
A photograph of the species Persicaria amphibia, not of this specimenPersicaria amphibia (L.) Delarbre1835C. A. ShurtleffPittsfield
A photograph of the species Bromus latiglumis, not of this specimenBromus latiglumis (Shear) Hitchc.1857W. H. Leggett
A photograph of the species Solidago patula, not of this specimenSolidago patula Muhl. ex Willd.1858Brewer; Chickering
A photograph of the species Bartramia pomiformis, not of this specimenBartramia pomiformis Hedw.1895not recorded
A photograph of the species Poa trivialis, not of this specimenPoa trivialis L.1898A. K. HarrisonLebanon Springs

All 1,139 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 52 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 52 workings within 5 miles of West Stockbridge: 32 past producers, 14 producers, 5 occurrences, 1 prospect. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Silver, Zinc. 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
Canaan Lead Silver MinesLead, Silver, ZincProducerReplacement Vein
Cheever MinesIron, ManganeseProducerGoethite, Limonite
Cheever MinesIron, ManganesePast Producer
Cone Limestone MineIron, Magnesite, ZincPast Producer1827
No 6 Quarry & Plnt Lane & SonStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Canaan Lead Silver MinesLead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Canaan Pb-Ag MinesLead, Silver, ZincPast ProducerVein
John S Lane and Son IncLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Toby Lime PlantLimestone, GeneralProducer
Donovan Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Berkshire County

Storms nearby

18 since 1997

The National Weather Service names West Stockbridge in 18 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 3 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death. 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 2022Thunderstorm WindWest Stockbridge1 killedLenox Police reported that a 56 year old man was killed when a large tree came down in the travel line onto his pickup truck at the intersection of Route 7 and Old Stockbridge Road. Report was obtained via a local newspaper.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindWest Stockbridge$19,000A cold front, moving into a very warm humid and unstable airmass, produced scattered thunderstorms across Berkshire County during the afternoon of August 3. One of the storms became severe, as wind gusts knocked trees down in the town of West Stockbridge.
June 2014Flash FloodWest Stockbridge$10,000A portion of Lenox Branch Road in West Stockbridge was washed out due to flash flooding from thunderstorm heavy rainfall.
July 1997Flash FloodWest Stockbridge$10,000no account filed
July 2025Thunderstorm WindWest Stockbridge-There were several reports of trees on wires in the Town of West Stockbridge.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindWest Stockbridge-Multiple trees were downed along Old Stockbridge Rd.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindWest Stockbridge-Trees and wires were downed on Lenox Road in the Town of Richmond.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindWest Stockbridge-A downed large tree was blocking Fox Hollow Road.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindWest Stockbridge-A tree was downed onto wires.
June 2015HailWest Stockbridge-Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in West Stockbridge.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindWest Stockbridge-A tree and wires were reported down on Lenox Road in West Stockbridge as a result of thunderstorm winds.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindWest Stockbridge-A tree was downed and on a car in West Stockbridge as a result of thunderstorm winds.
May 2013Flash FloodWest Stockbridge-Flash flooding was reported in West Stockbridge as a result of heavy rainfall from thunderstorms. Several roads in the town was reported to be impacted by the flooding.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindWest Stockbridge-Trees were reported down on houses in the vicinity of the Stockbridge Bowl in Stockbridge along Interlaken and Mahkeenac Roads due to strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2009Flash FloodWest Stockbridge-Numerous roads were reported closed in West Stockbridge due to flash flooding from very heavy rainfall.
July 2008LightningWest Stockbridge-A 40 year old male from New Jersey was struck by lightning at the Tanglewood Music Center in Lenox. He was running to seek shelter at a concert hall when he was struck. He was holding an umbrella at the time of the incident.
June 2002HailWest Stockbridge-no account filed
May 2001HailWest Stockbridge-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Berkshire 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
Crane Lake Camp0.9 miles43
Richmond Furnace1.3 miles43
Richmond1.9 miles42
Carey Corner2.2 miles42
State Line2.3 miles43
Beachwood2.8 miles42
Interlaken2.9 miles42
Mahkeenac Terrace2.9 miles42

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 607809. 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.