Woronoco, Massachusetts
37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Russell town. It lies in ZIP code area 01097. It stands on Potash Brook. The Survey maps it on the Woronoco quadrangle.
Then and now
1887 to 1998The same ground, surveyed 111 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1887 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
37 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 Granville quadrangle1:62500
- 1889 USGS Granville quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Granville quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Granville quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Granville quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Granville quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Granville quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Granville quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Granville quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Granville quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Granville quadrangle1:62500
- 1896 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:125000
- 1937 USGS Woronoco quadrangle1:24000
- 1942 USGS Woronoco quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Woronoco quadrangle1:31680
- 1943 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Woronoco quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Woronoco quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Woronoco quadrangle1:31680
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Woronoco quadrangle1:25000
- 1967 USGS Woronoco quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Woronoco quadrangle1:25000
- 1985 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Holyoke quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Blandford quadrangle1:25000
- 1998 USGS Blandford quadrangle1:25000
Fires nearby
45 since 2010The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Woronoco between 2010 and 2020, burning about 392 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 11 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 4 August 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 3 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 18 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 17 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 13 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 1 August 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 nearby
12 of 2,011 shownMuseums hold 2,011 specimens collected within 10 miles of Woronoco between 1822 and 1975: 1,246 Fungi, 599 Plantae, 95 Animalia, 55 Chromista, 16 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. B. Seymour, A. B. Seymour & A. C. Seymour, A. B. Seymour & Clara E. Cummings 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Fungi | 1890 | Seymour, Arthur Bliss | Granville |
![]() | Gymnosporangium globosum (Farl.) Farl. | 1890 | Arthur B. Seymour | Granville |
![]() | Lycopodiella inundata (L.) Holub | 1892 | Chapman | Southhampton |
![]() | Porella platyphylloidea (Schwein.) Lindb. | 1822 | Emmons | Norwich |
![]() | Carex bromoides Willd. | 1831 | Collector unknown | |
![]() | Panax quinquefolius L. | 1831 | Collector unspecified | Blandford |
![]() | Carex vesicaria L. | 1836 | Collector unknown | |
![]() | Carex vestita Willd. | 1836 | Collector unspecified | |
![]() | Carex siccata Dewey | 1844 | Collector unknown | |
![]() | Amphicarpaea bracteata (L.) Fernald | 1845 | Collector unspecified | |
![]() | Alopecurus geniculatus L. | 1850 | not recorded | |
![]() | Lactuca hirsuta Muhl. ex Nutt. | 1850 | Collector unspecified |
All 2,011 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
10 of 17 shownThe federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Woronoco: 7 producers, 6 past producers, 4 occurrences. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Dimension, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampden Marble Quarry Series | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| John S Lane and Son Inc | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Osburn Soapstone Quarry | Talc-Soapstone | Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Southampton Area | Zinc, Lead, Vanadium | Occurrence | Descloizite, Vanadinite | |
| Westfield Deposit | Kyanite | Occurrence | ||
| Westfield Quarry Plants L & 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Blandford Mica Mine | Mica | Producer | Mica | |
| Blandford Mica Mine | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Hampden Marble Quarry Serpentine Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Moore Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms nearby
4 since 2021The National Weather Service names Woronoco in 4 storm reports between 2021 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woronoco | $800 | In Russell, a tree and wires were down on Route 23 at Route 20. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woronoco | $500 | In Russell, a tree was down at the intersection of Route 23 and Route 20. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Woronoco | - | In Russell, quarter sized hail was reported along Rt. 23. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woronoco | - | In Russell two trees were down on General Knox Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Woronoak | 2.3 miles | 37 | |
| South Quarter | 2.3 miles | 37 | |
| Russell | 2.4 miles | 37 | |
| Woronoco Heights | 2.4 miles | 37 | |
| Wyben | 2.8 miles | 37 | |
| West Farms | 3.1 miles | 37 | |
| Montgomery | 3.2 miles | 37 | |
| Mundale | 3.3 miles | 42 |
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 Q122544203 | The 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 608531. 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.
















































