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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Weymouth, Massachusetts

38 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Weymouth Town City. It lies in ZIP code area 02188. It stands on King Oak Hill. The Survey maps it on the Weymouth quadrangle.

Weymouth within Norfolk County

Then and now

1885 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Weymouth, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Weymouth, surveyed 1885

Topographic sheets covering this place

38 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

2 photographs,

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.

Edison Electric Illuminating Company, Charles L. Edgar Station, Bridge Street at Fore River, Weymouth, Norfolk County, MA
Edison Electric Illuminating Company, Charles L. Edgar Station, Bridge Street at Fore River, Weymouth, Norfolk County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Captain William Wildes House, 872 Commercial Street, Weymouth, Norfolk County, MA
Captain William Wildes House, 872 Commercial Street, Weymouth, Norfolk County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress

Fires nearby

372 since 2015

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 372 fires within 5 miles of Weymouth between 2015 and 2020, burning about 170 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
Recreation and ceremony165
Debris and open burning93
Missing data/not specified/undetermined56
Smoking40
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Fireworks3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
7 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlWEYMOUTH
7 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlBRAINTREE
7 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlBRAINTREE
5 September 2016Smokingunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlQUINCY
5 September 2015Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlWEYMOUTH
4 September 2016Smokingunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlHINGHAM
3 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlHINGHAM
29 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlWEYMOUTH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Norfolk County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 6,422 shown

Museums hold 6,422 specimens collected within 10 miles of Weymouth between 1815 and 1975: 3,772 Plantae, 1,674 Animalia, 622 Fungi, 302 Chromista, 33 Unrecorded, 13 Protozoa, 6 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by (MARSDEN, H W), A Loveridge, A Phelps Wyman 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 Lysimachia × producta (A.Gray) FernaldLysimachia × producta (A.Gray) Fernald1900A. P. Chute
A photograph of the species Ranunculus L., not of this specimenRanunculus L.1815not recordedThicket at South Boston.
A photograph of the species Cornus sericea, not of this specimenCornus sericea subsp. sericea1832Nathaniel T. KidderMilton, Brook Road
A photograph of the species Carex echinata, not of this specimenCarex echinata subsp. echinata1834not recorded
A photograph of the species Carex trisperma, not of this specimenCarex trisperma Dewey1836J. W. Robbins
A photograph of the species Salicornia bigelovii, not of this specimenSalicornia bigelovii Torr.1840Welle, J.Hull
A photograph of the species Salsola kali, not of this specimenSalsola kali L.1840Welle, J.Hull
A photograph of the species Cladonia rangiferina, not of this specimenCladonia rangiferina (L.) Weber1844J. L. RussellHingham
A photograph of the species Silene vulgaris, not of this specimenSilene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke1844not recorded
A photograph of the species Carex acutiformis, not of this specimenCarex acutiformis Ehrh.1847Boott, M.South Boston
A photograph of the species Lopadium disciforme, not of this specimenLopadium disciforme (Flot.) Kullh.1848J. L. Russell
A photograph of the species Cladonia gracilis, not of this specimenCladonia gracilis (L.) Willd.1849J. L. RussellHingham

All 6,422 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 Weymouth: 10 producers, 9 past producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite. 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
Bates Brothers Seam Face Granite CoGranitePast ProducerGranite
Marshfield Sand and GravelGranitePast ProducerGranite
Old Colony Crushed StoneGranitePast ProducerGranite
Plymouth QuarriesGranitePast ProducerGranite
Weymouth QuarryGraniteProducer
Bates Brothers Realty Trust QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bristol Pit & Plant LorussoStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ernest Minelli Inc QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hingham PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Margetts QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Norfolk County

Storms nearby

22 since 1997

The National Weather Service names Weymouth in 22 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 3 hail, 3 lightning. 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 2008LightningWeymouth$150,000A house on Thicket Street was struck by lightning and caught fire.
August 2005LightningWeymouth$30,000no account filed
July 2018LightningNorth Weymouth$10,000At 11:36 AM EST, lightning from a thunderstorm over Weymouth started an attic fire on Rosemont Road.
June 2006Flash FloodWeymouth$10,000no account filed
May 2006FloodSouth Weymouth$5,000Old Swamp River
August 2005Flash FloodSouth Weymouth$5,000no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindWeymouth$5,000no account filed
August 2023Thunderstorm WindWeymouth$3,000In Weymouth, numerous trees and wires were down across town.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindNorth Weymouth$1,000At 505 PM EST, a large tree was down on Green Street in Weymouth.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindSouth Weymouth$1,000At 1024 AM EST, an amateur radio operator reported a tree down in the road near the Stop and Shop store in Braintree.
July 2025Flash FloodWeymouth-In Weymouth, several vehicles were stranded in flood waters.
July 2025Flash FloodWeymouth-In Weymouth, a car was stranded due to flooding at the intersection of Prince St and Lake St. The Weymouth Landing area was closed due to flooding.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindWeymouth-In Weymouth, trees were down on Coolidge Road and on Presidents Road. Report time estimated by radar.
July 2021HailWeymouth-In Weymouth, quarter size hail was reported.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindWeymouth-Trees and wires down in both Milton and Weymouth.
November 2006FloodSouth Weymouth-Minor flooding occurred along the Old Swamp River in South Weymouth, as a result of nearly 4 inches of rainfall in an 18-hour period. A crest of 4.6 feet was observed around 11 am EST on the 24th, which was just over its flood stage of 4.5 feet. No flood damage was reported.
May 2015HailNorth Weymouth-no account filed
March 2001Flash FloodWeymouth-no account filed
April 2000Heavy RainWeymouth-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindWeymouth-no account filed
August 1997HailWeymouth-no account filed
August 1997Heavy RainWeymouth-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Norfolk 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
Weymouth Heights0.7 miles38
Idlewell1.1 miles38
Lincoln Heights1.1 miles38
East Weymouth1.1 miles38
Weymouth Landing1.2 miles38
Old Spain1.6 miles38
North Weymouth1.8 miles38
Lovell Corners1.8 miles38

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 613446. 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.