BlockWest Warren, Massachusetts
34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Warren town. It lies in ZIP code area 01092. It stands on School Street Brook. The Survey maps it on the Warren quadrangle.
Then and now
1887 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
On record in West Warren
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Crossman Bridgelisted 2010 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
21 surveys from 34 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.
- 1887 USGS Brookfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Brookfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Brookfield quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1908 USGS Ware quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1915 USGS Brookfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1921 USGS Brookfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Ware quadrangle1:125000
- 1943 USGS Brookfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Warren quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Warren quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Warren quadrangle1:31680
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Warren quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Warren quadrangle1:25000
- 1975 USGS Warren quadrangle1:25000
- 1982 USGS Warren quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
8,391 words on this townshipHistory of Worcester County, Massachusetts : with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men., published 1889 names this settlement in its chapter on Warren Town. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
A Methodist Society was organized in 1852, and for more than ten years held religious services in Union Hall. In 1863 the society bought a church in that part of Ludlow called Jencksville and removed it to Warren. Among the pastors of this society have been Rev. Mr. Parkhurst, Rev. Messrs. George, Satchwell, Locke, Godfrey and Tisdale. The present pastor is Rev. J. F. Means. There is also at tlie present time a Methodist Church at West Warren, of which Rev. B. F. Kingsley is pastor.
Passage source: History of Worcester County, Massachusetts : with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men., published 1889.
A Congregational Society was organized at West Warren, July 25, 1865. Rev. A. H. Simes was installed over this society in 1866, and was succeeded after his resignation, in 1869, by Rev. C. G. Weeks. During its early years the society worshipped in Grossman's Hall, but in 1869, during the pastorate of Mr. Simes, the present meeting-house was erected. The present pastor of this society is Rev. G. H. Morss.
Passage source: History of Worcester County, Massachusetts : with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men., published 1889.
As supplementing the work of the public schools, it will be proper here to make some allusion to the Public Library. The library is owned by an association incorporated January 17, 1876, and is managed by a board of trustees. It was put in operation about the time of the erection of the town-house, in 1879, and occupies, by permission of the town, a convenient room on the ground-floor of that building. It receives also an annual appropriatiou of $500 and the amount of the dog fund from the town, which, in 1887-88, amounted to $245.67. The treasurer's last report, dated March 17, 1888, showed cash on hand at the beginning of the year, $174.48; cash from reading-room, $125; cash from town, $500; dog-fund, $245.67 ; cash from George F. Blake, Manufacturing Company, $100 ; fines, $42.01 ; cards, $9.18 ; catalogues, $4.52; total, $1200.86. It showed payments as follows: For books, $317.09; for binding, $48.60; lor printing, $4.07 ; for libraiian, $300 ; for cleaning room, $10.80; for delivering books at West Warren, $26; for bag for same, $3 ; for gas bills, $82.75 ; for supplies, $3.86 ; for freight and express, $2.07 ; cash on hand, $395.92; total, $1200.86.
Passage source: History of Worcester County, Massachusetts : with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men., published 1889.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Warren Town - it names this place 3 more 3 times.
Fires near this place
43 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of West Warren between 2015 and 2020, burning about 26 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 4 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 21 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 5 June 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 27 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 24 June 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 9 May 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 9 May 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 269 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 269 specimens collected within 10 miles of West Warren between 1857 and 1975: 153 Plantae, 64 Animalia, 52 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. B. Seymour, A. F. Hill, H. St. John, G.S. Torrey, A. Lavallee 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Carex tenera var. tenera | 1899 | R. M. Harper | |
 | Krigia virginica (L.) Willd. | 1857 | not recorded | |
 | Carex cephalophora Muhl. ex Willd. | 1858 | J. Blake | |
 | Carex vestita Willd. | 1858 | J. Blake | Ware |
 | Castilleja coccinea (L.) Spreng. | 1858 | A. P. Chute | |
 | Celastrus scandens L. | 1858 | s.coll. | |
 | Ranunculus flabellaris Raf. | 1858 | A. P. Chute | |
| Trifolium agrarium L. | 1858 | not recorded | ||
 | Zizia aurea (L.) W.D.J.Koch | 1859 | A. P. Chute | |
 | Dendroica petechia aestiva (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1882 | G.L. | Warren |
| Nitella megacarpa (T.F.A.) R.D.W. | 1894 | G. E. Stern | Lake Lashaway | |
| Calosoma calidum (Fabricius, 1775) | 1896 | Knab, Frederick (1865-1918) | Massachusetts |
All 269 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 West Warren: 4 producers, 4 past producers, 1 plant. 5 still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Giard and Sons | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| B and C Gravel Company | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bond Washed Sand and Stone | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cemetery Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| E W Sykes Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lizak's Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Tobias Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ware Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ware Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant |
Storms near this place
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Warren in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Warren | $2,000 | In Warren large trees were down on wires on Main St, Ware Rd, and Dean St. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Warren | $500 | In Warren, a tree was down on Santos Road. |
| July 2021 | Flood | West Warren | - | In West Warren, a portion of Chapel Street was flooded and impassable. |
| July 2021 | Flood | West Warren | - | In Warren, Ware Road at Main Street was flooded and impassable. Probably had to do with the School Street Brook. Also the area around 1300 Main Street was flooded. |
| June 2010 | Hail | West Warren | - | Quarter sized hail fell along Main Street. |
| September 2002 | Heavy Rain | West Warren | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | West Warren | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warren | 2.3 miles | 34 | |
| Marks Garrison | 4.3 miles | 34 | |
| West Brookfield | 5.2 miles | 34 | |
| Brookfield | 7.0 miles | 33 | |
| Gilbertville | 7.0 miles | 30 | |
| North Brookfield | 8.9 miles | 32 | |
| New Braintree | 9.2 miles | 30 | |
| Fiskdale | 9.3 miles | 39 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 609867. 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.