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Wilkins Four Corners, Massachusetts

39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Plainville town. It lies in ZIP code area 02762. It stands on Old Mill Brook. The Survey maps it on the Wrentham quadrangle.

Wilkins Four Corners within Norfolk County

Then and now

1887 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 102 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wilkins Four Corners, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Wilkins Four Corners, surveyed 1887

Topographic sheets covering this place

39 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

79 since 2015

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Wilkins Four Corners between 2015 and 2020, burning about 28 acres in total. None 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
Recreation and ceremony28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Smoking13
Debris and open burning10
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
3 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlFOXBORO
27 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlPLAINVILLE
27 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlPLAINVILLE
26 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlPLAINVILLE
25 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlPLAINVILLE
23 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlPLAINVILLE
22 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlPLAINVILLE
15 September 2016Smokingunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire ControlFOXBORO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Norfolk County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 601 shown

Museums hold 601 specimens collected within 10 miles of Wilkins Four Corners between 1843 and 1975: 265 Plantae, 205 Animalia, 127 Fungi, 2 Protozoa, 2 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A. B. Seymour, A. C. Kinsey 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
A photograph of the species Polygala paucifolia, not of this specimenPolygala paucifolia Willd.1843ShoreWoonsocket
A photograph of the species Gymnocarpium dryopteris, not of this specimenGymnocarpium dryopteris (L.) Newman1874not recorded
Thelypteris phegopteris (L.) Sloss.1874not recorded
A photograph of the species Carex vestita, not of this specimenCarex vestita Willd.1875Collector unspecifiedNorfolk.
A photograph of the species Carex echinata, not of this specimenCarex echinata var. echinata1876W. P. Rich
A photograph of the species Acorus americanus, not of this specimenAcorus americanus (Raf.) Raf.1884Nathaniel T. KidderCharles River, above Medfield
A photograph of the species Gymnosporangium clavariiforme, not of this specimenGymnosporangium clavariiforme (Wulfen) DC.1885A. B. Seymour
A photograph of the species Adiantum pedatum, not of this specimenAdiantum pedatum L.1886E. A. Fisher
A photograph of the species Asplenium platyneuron, not of this specimenAsplenium platyneuron (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.1886E. A. Fisher
A photograph of the species Equisetum arvense, not of this specimenEquisetum arvense L.1886E. A. Fisher
Equisetum fluviatile L.1886E. A. Fisher
Eriophorum virginicum L.1886Nathaniel T. KidderWalpole

All 601 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 Wilkins Four Corners: 10 past producers, 8 producers, 1 unknown. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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
Glines & Rhodes Refin.--PlainvilleGold, PGE, SilverPast Producer
Masslite PitClay, StoneProducer
PlainvilleBloating MaterialProducerSedimentary
Simeone Stone CorporationGranitePast ProducerGranite
MassliteClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Plainville Clay PitClayPast Producer
Wrentham QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Wrentham QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Wrentham QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Boro Sand and Stone IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working 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
Shepardville0.9 miles39
Plainville1.5 miles39
Wampum Rock2.5 miles39
South Foxboro2.6 miles39
Wampum Corner3.5 miles39
Wrentham4.1 miles39
Foxvale4.4 miles40
Foxboro4.4 miles40

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122560715The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 612135. 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.