Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. 18 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1887.
One of 686 National Register listings published here for Worcester County · listed in 2000 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Wickaboag Valley Historic District between 2015 and 2020, burning about 21 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 June 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 24 June 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 22 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 9 May 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 27 May 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 25 May 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 24 May 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 2 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Wickaboag Valley Historic District: 4 past producers, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Giard and Sons | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Bond Washed Sand and Stone | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cemetery Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Highway Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ware Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ware Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant |
United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | White Homestead | 1.9 miles | 1975 |
 | Lucy Stone Home Site | 2.0 miles | 2021 |
 | Indian Cemetery, Old | 2.2 miles | 2006 |
 | West Brookfield Center Historic District | 2.6 miles | 1990 |
 | West Brookfield Center Historic District (Boundary Increase) | 2.8 miles | 2006 |
 | Jedediah Foster Homesite | 3.0 miles | 2013 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 00001201 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Worcester County | All 686 listed properties in this county. |
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