Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. 24 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1885.
One of 60 National Register listings published here for Franklin County · listed in 2002 · 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 Sunderland Center Historic District between 2002 and 2020, burning about 98 acres in total. 2 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 | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachussetts State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 18 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Massachussetts State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 1 August 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 8 July 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Massachussetts State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 22 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 29 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 29 June 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachussetts State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 25 June 2020 | Natural | 56 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | JOSHUA HILL FIRE |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Sunderland Center Historic District: 6 past producers, 5 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Barium-Barite, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leverett Barite Prospect | Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Occurrence | Replacement Vein | |
| Leverett Lead Mines | Lead, Copper, Barium-Barite, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | Barite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Leverett Lead Mines | Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Leverett Prospects | Barium-Barite, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Southeast of West Whately Galena Vein | Lead, Silver | Occurrence | Galena | |
| Whately - Conway Lead Veins | Silver, Lead | Occurrence | Galena | |
| Leverett Lead Mine | Lead, Copper | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Southeast of West Whately Prospect | Lead, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Whately-Conway Lead Vein | Lead, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Southwest Deerfield Barite Occurren | Barium-Barite | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Long Plain Cemetery | 3.0 miles | 2020 |
 | Whately Center Historic District | 3.5 miles | 2003 |
 | Leverett Center Historic District | 3.8 miles | 2008 |
 | North Cemetery | 4.1 miles | 2020 |
 | North Leverett Historic District | 4.8 miles | 2014 |
 | Montague Center Historic District | 5.1 miles | 2001 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 02000157 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Franklin County | All 60 listed properties in this county. |
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