Common NH feature/peak names - ?

[Becca M]

Hi! I know asked this before (years ago!!!) and someone had a script that listed the count of the top USGS (I think???) feature names with a count and the locations. Would anybody be able to drum that up again???? I cannot find the listing anywhere!!!!

Such as, Owl's Head, Black Mtn, Sugarloaf, Prospect, etc.,

Thanks!!!!
--Becca

 

[evilhanz]

Here's a list of summits with 4 or more occurrences of the same name from the most current GNIS dataset for NH. Is that what you're looking for?
Mud Pond is the most common feature name in NH with 28. Beaver Brook and Black Brook tie at 16 for most common stream name.

Summit	Count	Quads
Pine Hill	15	Center Harbor, Concord, Danbury, Exeter, Franklin, Grafton, Grantham, Haverhill, Haverhill, Holderness, Littleton, North Conway East, Silver Lake, South Merrimack, Sugar Hill, Wolfeboro
Oak Hill	14	Brattleboro, Great East Lake, Hanover, Holderness, Marlborough, Milan, Northwood, Penacook, Peterborough South, Silver Lake, Springfield, Tuftonboro, Warren, Washington, Weare
Bald Hill	11	East Lempster, Epping, Franklin, Gilsum, Hanover, Manchester North, Marlborough, Mount Kineo, Silver Lake, Spofford, Spofford
Beech Hill	11	Andover, Dover West, Dublin, Groveton, Holderness, Hopkinton, Keene, Mount Moosilauke, New Boston, Newmarket, Plymouth, Twin Mountain, Warren
Bald Mountain	10	Claremont North, Franconia, Grantham, Mount Chocorua, Percy Peaks, Plymouth, Stoddard, Success Pond, Tamworth, Waterville Valley
Prospect Hill	9	Alstead, Enfield, Melvin Village, New Boston, North Grantham, North Hartland, Prospect Hill, Sunapee Lake North, Wentworth
Peaked Hill	8	Ashland, Barrington, Belmont, Hillsboro Upper Village, Mount Kineo, North Conway East, Squam Mountains, Woodstock
Sugar Hill	8	Bristol, Diamond Pond, Hinsdale, Hopkinton, Mount Carrigain, North Hartland, Smarts Mountain, Sugar Hill, Sugar Hill, Teakettle Ridge
Hedgehog Hill	7	Bethlehem, Bradford, Claremont South, Diamond Pond, Hillsboro, Marlow, Silver Lake, Stoddard
Page Hill	7	Ashburnham, Bellows Falls, Danbury, Groveton, Marlborough, Newport, Ossipee Lake
Rattlesnake Hill	7	Concord, Derry, Hopkinton, Hopkinton, Manchester North, Mount Pawtuckaway, Springfield
The Pinnacle	7	Andover, Bradford, Danbury, Grantham, Greenfield, Manchester North, Marlborough, Mount Cardigan, Troy
Birch Hill	6	Bartlett, Bradford, Conway, Milford, North Conway West, Silver Lake
Black Mountain	6	East Haverhill, Errol, Jackson, Mount Osceola, Warner, Waterville Valley, Wilsons Mills
Davis Hill	6	Alstead, Ashby, Conway, Great East Lake, Hinsdale, Sunapee Lake North
Great Hill	6	Exeter, Goffstown, Kingston, Mount Chocorua, Newmarket, Sandown
Long Hill	6	Dover West, Dover West, Mount Pawtuckaway, Nashua South, Newmarket, Newmarket
Meetinghouse Hill	6	Bradford, Exeter, Gossville, Hillsboro, Hinsdale, New Boston
North Peak	6	Enfield, Franconia, Mount Osceola, Mount Tripyramid, Sunapee Lake South, West Milan
Bear Hill	5	Candia, Henniker, Loudon, Smarts Mountain, Sunapee Lake South
Brown Hill	5	Goffstown, Northfield, Portsmouth, Sunapee Lake North, Tamworth
Green Mountain	5	Claremont North, Freedom, Lisbon, Mount Kineo, Waterville Valley
Hoyt Hill	5	Mount Cardigan, Newfound Lake, Portsmouth, Sandown, Sunapee Lake North
Hubbard Hill	5	Derry, Hinsdale, Marlow, Marlow, Springfield
Kimball Hill	5	Bradford, Hillsboro Upper Village, Mount Cardigan, Mount Cardigan, Nashua North
Mount Misery	5	Barrington, Deering, Derry, Hillsboro Upper Village, Littleton
Prospect Mountain	5	Alton, Freedom, Lake Francis, Lancaster, Rump Mountain
Rattlesnake Mountain	5	Alton, North Conway East, Ossipee Lake, Rumney, West Swanzey
Smith Hill	5	Claremont North, Franklin, Gilsum, Gilsum, North Hartland
South Peak	5	Enfield, Lincoln, Mount Moosilauke, Mount Tripyramid, Sunapee Lake South
Bible Hill	4	Bradford, Claremont South, Deering, Hillsboro
Green Hill	4	Bradford, Dover West, Jackson, Weare
Hayes Hill	4	Baxter Lake, Dover West, Enfield, Wolfeboro
Haystack Mountain	4	Bosebuck Mountain, Jefferson, South Twin Mountain, Washington
Horse Hill	4	Exeter, Marlborough, South Merrimack, Webster
Howe Hill	4	East Haverhill, East Haverhill, North Hartland, Sandown, Sunapee Lake North
Jones Hill	4	Enfield Center, Epping, New London, Washington, Washington
Mount Pleasant	4	Dover East, Grafton, Lancaster, Tinkerville, Tuftonboro
Mount Tug	4	Enfield, Mount Cardigan, Newport, Northfield
Parker Hill	4	Lower Waterford, Lower Waterford, Marlborough, Marlow, Milford
Stevens Hill	4	Dover West, Lovering Mountain, North Hartland, Northwood
Sunset Hill	4	Center Harbor, Marlborough, Plymouth, Sunapee Lake South
Thompson Hill	4	Hillsboro Upper Village, Mount Cardigan, Sunapee Lake South, Tuftonboro
Walnut Hill	4	Candia, Pinardville, Pinardville, Sandown
Wilson Hill	4	Deering, Greenville, New Boston, Sandown

 

[Becca M]

perfect!!!!! Thanks!!!!

 

[Becca M]

Actually, something seems amiss to me... I can think of at least 4 Sugarloafs: Nash Stream, Twin Mtn, Benton, and Bristol/Alexandria/Hebron (locations might be a little off, but, they are close), and, at least 4 Owl's Heads: pemi area, Hebron, Benton, Twin Mtn... wondering if the different spellings (with and without breaks in the words) are affecting the count?

 

[evilhanz]

I grouped them by exact match, so for summits containing "sugar" and "loaf", you have:
Sugarloaf [Percy Peaks]
Sugarloaf [Silver Lake]
Sugarloaf [Newfound Lake]
Sugarloaf Mountain [East Haverhill]
Little Sugarloaf [Newfound Lake]
Middle Sugarloaf [Twin Mountain]
North Sugarloaf [Twin Mountain]
South Sugarloaf [South Twin Mountain]

I also only looked at features classified as summits, not ridges and capes. If you include all of those with both "owl" and "head", you have:
Owlhead Mountain [Dixville Notch]
Owls Head [South Twin Mountain]
Owls Head [East Haverhill] (classified as a ridge)
Owls Head [Holderness] (classified as a cape)
Owlshead [Mount Dartmouth]

If you like, I could rerun the script and exclude modifiers like N,S,E,W, Little, Mountain, and Hill. Let me know.