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Worcester, Massachusetts

45 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Worcester City. It lies in ZIP code area 01608. It stands on Belmont Hill. The Survey maps it on the Worcester North quadrangle. 206,518 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 479 feet above sea level.

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Worcester within Worcester County

Population over time

3 figures

Worcester grew from 181,045 to 206,518 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010181,045
2014183,016+1,971 (+1%)
2020206,518+23,502 (+13%)

Then and now

1885 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Worcester, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Worcester, surveyed 1885

Topographic sheets covering this place

45 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.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Worcester city, in the words of 1889.

1889, Worcester City

History Op W0R0E3Ter County, Massachusetts

of war, generally proved faithful to the English, and their services as scouts were invaluable. Among these none deserves better to be honored in Lancaster story than James Wiser, alias Quanapaug or Quanapohit, whose courage and fidelity would have saved the town from the massacre of 1676, had not his timely warning been unwisely discredited by the apparently lethargic Governor and his slumberous Council.

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Photographs

8 photographs, 1938

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.

Pine wood lot near Worcester and Amherst, Massachusetts
Pine wood lot near Worcester and Amherst, Massachusetts
Dick, Sheldon, photographer, 1938. Library of Congress
New England hurricane. Pine wood lot near Worcester and Amherst, Massachusetts
New England hurricane. Pine wood lot near Worcester and Amherst, Massachusetts
Dick, Sheldon, photographer, 1938. Library of Congress
New England hurricane. Barn near Worcester, Massachusetts
New England hurricane. Barn near Worcester, Massachusetts
Dick, Sheldon, photographer, 1938. Library of Congress
New England hurricane. Tree down on H.L. Beer's place near Worcester, Massachusetts
New England hurricane. Tree down on H.L. Beer's place near Worcester, Massachusetts
Dick, Sheldon, photographer, 1938. Library of Congress
Worcester (vicinity), Massachusetts. A cornfield on the farm of H.L. Beers laid flat by the New England hurricane
Worcester (vicinity), Massachusetts. A cornfield on the farm of H.L. Beers laid flat by the New England hurricane
Dick, Sheldon, photographer, 1938. Library of Congress
Worcester (vicinity), Massachusetts. Wreckage left by a New England hurricane
Worcester (vicinity), Massachusetts. Wreckage left by a New England hurricane
Dick, Sheldon, photographer, 1938. Library of Congress
Pine wood lot near Worcester and Amherst, Massachusetts
Pine wood lot near Worcester and Amherst, Massachusetts
Dick, Sheldon, photographer, 1938. Library of Congress
U.S. Post Office & Courthouse, 595 Main Street, Worcester, Worcester County, MA
U.S. Post Office & Courthouse, 595 Main Street, Worcester, Worcester County, MA
Unattributed, . Library of Congress

Fires nearby

63 since 2015

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Worcester between 2015 and 2020, burning about 55 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 burning23
Smoking12
Recreation and ceremony9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism8
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
3 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
14 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
26 August 2020Smokingunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
13 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
24 July 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
21 July 2020Smokingunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
5 June 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Worcester County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,710 shown

Museums hold 1,710 specimens collected within 10 miles of Worcester between 1839 and 1974: 982 Plantae, 438 Animalia, 267 Fungi, 15 Unrecorded, 6 Protozoa, 2 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A E WOODHEAD, A. A. Eaton, 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 Sceptridium dissectum (Spreng.) LyonSceptridium dissectum (Spreng.) Lyon1899H. H. Scudder
Specimen of Pooecetes gramineus gramineus (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)Pooecetes gramineus gramineus (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)1900Roscoe I. Giles
A photograph of the species Ochrolechia tartarea, not of this specimenOchrolechia tartarea (L.) A.Massal.1839E. Tuckerman
A photograph of the species Carex laxiflora, not of this specimenCarex laxiflora Lam.1840Thomas NuttallCambridge.
A photograph of the species Carex vestita, not of this specimenCarex vestita Willd.1840Thomas NuttallCambridge.
A photograph of the species Mycobilimbia hypnorum, not of this specimenMycobilimbia hypnorum (Lib.) Kalb & Hafellner1848E. Tuckerman
A photograph of the species Tamias striatus, not of this specimenTamias striatus lysteri (Richardson, 1829)1848L AgassizPARSONS ISLAND
A photograph of the species Cladonia cornucopioides, not of this specimenCladonia cornucopioides F.Wilson1850J. L. RussellLeicester
A photograph of the species Geranium maculatum, not of this specimenGeranium maculatum L.1850not recorded
A photograph of the species Packera aurea, not of this specimenPackera aurea (L.) Á.Löve & D.Löve1850not recorded
Elymus repens (L.) Gould1892Arthur B. SeymourCambridge.
Festuca pratensis Huds.1892Arthur B. SeymourCambridge.

All 1,710 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 Worcester: 6 past producers, 3 producers, 2 plants. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Lead, Stone. 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
Bd Bloomfield Co--Worcester, Ma.LeadPlant
Crucible Spec. Metals--Auburn, Ma.IronPlant
Shrewsbury Trap RockStoneProducer
30 Southwest Cutoff PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Capa CorporationSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
F Ang G Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
F and G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sewall PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Shrewsbury PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Town of BoylstonSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Worcester County

Storms nearby

60 of 74 shown

The National Weather Service names Worcester in 74 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 36 thunderstorm wind, 11 flood, 10 flash flood, 9 hail. The reports record 9 injuries. 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 2006LightningWorcester9 hurtno account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindWorcester$10,000,000no account filed
August 1994Thunderstorm WindWorcester$500,000Trees were blown down near Rutledge/Granite/Loxwood Streets and insulation was torn from the roof of an apartment building and blown several hundred yards away. A microburst associated with a severe thunderstorm likely caused this damage.
August 2014Tornado (EF0)South Worcester$100,000A tornado touchdown occurred near the intersection of Perry Avenue and Fairfax Road. A narrow well-defined damage path extended past Saint Vincent Hospital to Gordon Street. The most significant damage was to trees, some of which were uprooted or snapped. Some trees landed on cars causing significant damage to the cars. A couple of trees landed on houses, but there was little structural damage to the houses. A few windows were broken by tree branches.
February 2016Thunderstorm WindWorcester$75,000Traffic light poles on Lincoln Street and Westland Street, trees on Pinecrest Drive, Sunny Hill Drive, and Hudson Street, a light pole on Millbrook Street, and numerous large tree branches on Russell Street, Crestland Circle, Paine Street, Sarrar Avenue, and Rexham Road were all downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindWorcester$75,000The Automated Surface Observing System at Worcester Regional Airport (KORH) recorded a wind gust of 68 mph. Damage around Worcester was substantial. St. John's Cemetary was closed after 30 to 40 trees two and a half to three feet in diameter were downed by thunderstorm winds. In the midst of this there were also a number of gravestones that were knocked over or damaged in some other way. Other trees in the cemetary had their tops sheared off or were completely stripped of leaves. Numerous trees were downed across the city of Worcester. A garage door was blown out of a building on Pleasant Street and wind blown debris shattered several of the windows of a Sovereign Bank Branch. Four inch diameter branches were downed by these winds at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. In addition, trees were downed in Leicester. Much of the damage information included here was taken from local newspaper articles. The newspaper didn't identify a specific time when the damage occurred; however, it is assumed from radar observations and ASOS observations that the bulk of the damage occurred around the time of this 68 mph wind gust.
July 2014Flash FloodWorcester$50,000Southgate, Bellevue, Austin, and Southbridge Streets were flooded and impassable. Grafton Street was flooded with 8 inches of water from Barclay Street to Interstate 290 with numerous manhole covers popped off. Harding Street and West Boylston Street were flooded with up to 8 inches of water. Cars were stuck in flood waters on Quinsigamond Avenue and Plantation Street. Numerous basements were flooded on Water Street. Several lanes of Interstate 290 were flooded at Lincoln Square.
June 2012LightningWorcester$45,000Lightning struck a tree on 4th Street in Worcester, igniting a fire to the house next to the tree. Six adults were displaced by the fire.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindWorcester$25,000Numerous trees and tree limbs were downed throughout Worcester, including on Salisbury Street. In addition, two utility poles on Route 122 were downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2021Flash FloodSouth Worcester$20,000In Worcester, flash flood waters were up to car windshields on Dale Street.
July 2010LightningWorcester$20,000Lightning struck a power substation in Worcester Square, knocking out power to 27,000 people.
July 2006FloodWorcester$20,000Urban flood
June 2006Thunderstorm WindWorcester$20,000no account filed
February 2016Thunderstorm WindWorcester$15,000Multiple trees and wires were downed throughout Worcester.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindSouth Worcester$15,000Trees on Randolph Road, Monadnock Road, and Winifred Avenue were downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindWorcester$15,000Trees and wires on Heard and Whipple Streets were downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindSouth Worcester$10,000Trees on Burncoat, Mason, and King Streets were downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2010LightningSouth Worcester$10,000Lightning struck a building on Gold Street, blowing out the electrical panels of the building and starting a small fire.
February 2008FloodWorcester$10,000Basements were flooded on North Fitzwilliam Road in Boylston. May and Flag Streets and Richmond Avenue were flooded in Worcester. In addition, the Western Worcester District Court was closed because of roof leaks caused by the heavy snow and rain. Chapel Street in Holden was closed due to flooding. Route 140 near Route 170 was flooded in Royalston. The Huckleberry Brook near Milford flooded over its banks. In addition, the Charles River at Dilla Street in Milford went over its banks. Champlain Street in Blackstone was closed due to flooding.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindWorcester$10,000no account filed
August 2002LightningWorcester$10,000no account filed
April 1995Thunderstorm WindWorcester$9,000The National Weather Service recorded a wind gusts to 64 mph at the Municipal Airport, where a mobile home was blown up against a fence. In Spencer, $9,000 worth of aluminum roof panels were blown off a building and two motor vehicles were damaged by the falling panels.
July 2021Flash FloodSouth Worcester$8,000In Worcester, five cars were stuck in flood waters at Dewey Street and Parker Street.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindWorcester$5,000Multiple trees were down across the city of Worcester. Law enforcement reported trees down on Maywood Street, Barnard Road, Revere Street, Perrot Street, Grafton Street, and Pioneer Road.
August 2020Flash FloodWorcester$5,000In Worcester, a car was stuck in flooding on the Rt 146 offramp to I-290. The Franklin St Train Bridge was impassable due to flash flooding.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindWorcester$5,000A tree on Mill Street in Worcester was downed onto wires by thunderstorm winds.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindWorcester$5,000Power lines on Johnson Street were downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindWorcester$5,000Power lines on Burncoat Street were downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindWorcester$5,000A tree on Russell Avenue was downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindSouth Worcester$5,000A tree on Clarkson Street was downed by thunderstorm winds, blocking the street.
September 2015FloodSouth Worcester$5,000The Southgate Street underpass was flooded. A car was stuck in the floodwaters.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindWorcester$5,000Trees and wires on Sunny Hill Drive were downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindWorcester$5,000Large branches on Columbus Street were downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2008FloodWorcester$5,000Heavy rain resulted in street flooding on Southgate Street. One car was flooded out by these waters.
October 2006FloodWorcester$5,000Significant urban flooding was reported in and around Worcester.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindWorcester$5,000no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindWorcester$3,000Sixteen inch diameter trees on the west side of town were downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindWorcester$3,000Several three inch diameter branches and a tree on Bancroft Tower Road were downed by thunderstorm winds.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindWorcester$2,000In Worcester, trees were downed on Chandler St.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindWorcester$2,000Tree down on a car on Hooper Street in Worcester.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindWorcester$2,000no account filed
August 2021Thunderstorm WindSouth Worcester$1,300In Worcester, trees and wires were down on Ferdinand St.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindWorcester$1,000Large limbs and wires were downed by thunderstorm winds at Clark University in Worcester and along Route 20 in Auburn.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindWorcester$1,000Ten inch diameter limbs in the Salisbury area were downed by thunderstorm winds.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindWorcester$300In Worcester, a tree was down with partial road blockage.
June 2024Flash FloodSouth Worcester-In Worcester, Rt 20 near Grafton St was flooded with vehicles stranded in flood water.
July 2023Flash FloodWorcester-In Worcester, the area of 86 Southwest was flooded with 4 cars stuck in flood waters.
July 2023FloodWorcester-In Worcester, Franklin St by the railroad tracks was flooded.
July 2021Flash FloodSouth Worcester-In Worcester, Cambridge St from Quinsigamond Ave to McKeon Rd was closed due to urban flash flooding.
July 2021FloodSouth Worcester-In Worcester, a section of Grafton St was closed due to flooding. Report forwarded by amateur radio.
July 2021Flash FloodSouth Worcester-In Worcester, there was urban flash flooding at the intersection of Southbridge and Southgate Streets. Water was observed to be bubbling up out of manhole covers.
March 2020HailWorcester-Golf ball size hail was reported via amateur radio at 756 PM EST in Worcester. It began with dime size hail at 753 PM EST.
August 2020HailWorcester-In Worcester, quarter sized hail was reported.
August 2020FloodWorcester-In Worcester, Washington Square was flooded to an unknown depth.
July 2019FloodSouth Worcester-Flooding was reported on Armory Street in South Worcester with water flowing over the curb.
August 2019FloodSouth Worcester-In the southern portion of Worcester, the Southbridge Street exit ramp off of I-290 eastbound had substantial flooding at the bottom of the ramp.
July 2018Flash FloodWorcester-At 2:55 PM EST, heavy rain in Worcester brought street flooding to a depth of one foot at the intersection of Chandler Street and Murray Avenue.
July 2018Flash FloodWorcester-At 3:48 PM EST, heavy rain flooded Pelham Street in Worcester to a depth of three feet.
June 2017HailWorcester-At 318 PM EST, an amateur radio operator reported nickel-size hail at Worcester.
July 2008HailWorcester-Penny size hail fell near College of the Holy Cross and Vernon Hill Hospital.

Every storm recorded in Worcester County

Newspapers printed here

0 digitised pages

11 papers published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 0 issues, 0 pages. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.

NewspaperPublished
Worcester Morning Daily Spy1888 to 1898
The Worcester Spy1898 to 1904
Massachusetts Spy and Worcester Advertiser1823 to 1825
The Massachusetts Spy, and Worcester County Advertiser1825 to 1831
The Massachusetts Spy1831 to 1858
Massachusetts Weekly Spy1858 to 1882
The Daily Spy1845 to 1850
Worcester Daily Press1873 to 1878
Worcester Daily Spy1850 to 1888
The Massachusetts Spy1821 to 1823
Thomas's Massachusetts Spy, Or, Worcester Gazette1811 to 1821

What the paper printed

336,140 words

Front pages of the local paper, read from the Library of Congress scans: 60 issues spread across its run from 1821 to 1904, 336,140 words in total. Each is reproduced on its own page, exactly as the recogniser returned it.

These pages read less well than anything else here, and the number is worth stating: about three words in four come through cleanly, against nine in ten for the building records. An 1896 broadsheet sets eight-point type in seven columns on microfilm, which is the hardest thing in this archive to read by machine. We tested our own recognisers against the Library's and they were not better, so the Library's text is what appears, with the wholly unreadable columns removed. Read it as a guide to what the paper covered, and follow the link to the scan before quoting anything.

IssuePaper Length
1821-03-07Thomas's Massachusetts Spy, Or, Worcester Gazette4,796 words
1821-03-21Thomas's Massachusetts Spy, Or, Worcester Gazette5,247 words
1821-04-04Thomas's Massachusetts Spy, Or, Worcester Gazette3,979 words
1821-05-02Thomas's Massachusetts Spy, Or, Worcester Gazette3,793 words
1821-05-16Thomas's Massachusetts Spy, Or, Worcester Gazette3,714 words
1821-05-23The Massachusetts Spy3,469 words
1821-07-03The Massachusetts Spy3,100 words
1821-08-22The Massachusetts Spy3,412 words
1821-10-03The Massachusetts Spy3,705 words
1821-11-21The Massachusetts Spy3,509 words
1823-09-03The Massachusetts Spy3,383 words
1823-09-10Massachusetts Spy and Worcester Advertiser4,419 words
1823-10-01Massachusetts Spy and Worcester Advertiser4,586 words
1823-10-29Massachusetts Spy and Worcester Advertiser3,045 words
1823-11-19Massachusetts Spy and Worcester Advertiser3,910 words
1823-12-17Massachusetts Spy and Worcester Advertiser4,067 words
1825-06-22Massachusetts Spy and Worcester Advertiser5,341 words
1845-08-12The Daily Spy4,408 words
1845-09-05The Daily Spy4,122 words
1845-10-02The Daily Spy4,640 words
1845-10-31The Daily Spy4,611 words
1850-09-18The Daily Spy5,998 words
1850-09-19Worcester Daily Spy6,031 words
1850-10-08Worcester Daily Spy4,034 words
1850-11-01Worcester Daily Spy5,125 words
1850-11-25Worcester Daily Spy5,171 words
1850-12-13Worcester Daily Spy3,775 words
1877-12-31Worcester Daily Spy8,930 words
1825-06-29The Massachusetts Spy, and Worcester County Advertiser3,492 words
1825-08-10The Massachusetts Spy, and Worcester County Advertiser5,835 words
1825-09-21The Massachusetts Spy, and Worcester County Advertiser4,917 words
1825-10-26The Massachusetts Spy, and Worcester County Advertiser5,107 words
1825-12-07The Massachusetts Spy, and Worcester County Advertiser4,219 words
1831-10-19The Massachusetts Spy7,401 words
1831-11-09The Massachusetts Spy8,399 words
1831-12-14The Massachusetts Spy5,212 words
1832-12-26The Massachusetts Spy5,998 words
1873-04-01Worcester Daily Press9,220 words
1873-05-26Worcester Daily Press4,789 words
1873-07-19Worcester Daily Press9,754 words
1873-11-05Worcester Daily Press8,716 words
1878-04-27Worcester Daily Press6,847 words
1861-06-12Massachusetts Weekly Spy10,565 words
1861-07-17Massachusetts Weekly Spy8,863 words
1861-11-27Massachusetts Weekly Spy4,260 words
1861-12-11Massachusetts Weekly Spy10,732 words
1861-12-18Massachusetts Weekly Spy9,656 words
1863-04-22Massachusetts Weekly Spy9,331 words
1898-10-01The Worcester Spy7,068 words
1898-10-19The Worcester Spy5,760 words
1898-11-07The Worcester Spy6,313 words
1898-11-25The Worcester Spy7,812 words
1898-12-14The Worcester Spy5,208 words
1904-05-31The Worcester Spy3,726 words
1897-01-01Worcester Morning Daily Spy3,813 words
1897-03-15Worcester Morning Daily Spy3,187 words
1897-05-26Worcester Morning Daily Spy6,949 words
1897-08-09Worcester Morning Daily Spy7,982 words
1897-10-20Worcester Morning Daily Spy6,604 words
1898-09-30Worcester Morning Daily Spy4,085 words

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
Belmont Hill0.6 miles45
Oak Hill0.7 miles45
Shrewsbury Street0.9 miles45
Chandler Hill1.0 miles45
Union Hill1.0 miles45
Island1.1 miles44
Hammond Heights1.1 miles45
University Park1.1 miles45

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.

Wikipedia article on WorcesterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q49179The 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 617867. 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.