Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. 17 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1892.
One of 345 National Register listings published here for Suffolk County · listed in 2007 · category: Site.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Fort Banks Mortar Battery between 2003 and 2020, burning about 18 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 3 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 23 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 23 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 21 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 2 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 5 August 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | SAUGUS |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Fort Banks Mortar Battery: 6 plants, 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Iron, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Vulcan Smelter--Chelsea, Ma. | Copper, Lead | Plant | ||
| General Metals & Smelting--Boston | Lead | Plant | ||
| Lynn Eastern Smelt & Refin Corp | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Palladium, Mercury | Plant | ||
| Syncor Prdts Co--Malden, Ma. | Silica | Plant | ||
| Us Gypsum Co--Boston | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Us Steel Supply Div--Boston | Iron | Plant | ||
| Whittemore Prdts Inc--Boston | Perlite | Plant | ||
| Malden Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Malden Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Saugus Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Ronan, Mary, T., School | 0.4 miles | 1982 |
 | Winthrop Parkway, Metropolitan Parkway System of Greater Boston | 0.5 miles | 2004 |
| Winthrop Parkway, Metropolitan Parkway System of Greater Boston | 0.8 miles | 2004 |
 | Deane Winthrop House | 0.9 miles | 1990 |
 | Highland School | 1.0 miles | 2014 |
 | Winthrop Shore Dr., Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston | 1.0 miles | 2004 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 07000144 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Suffolk County | All 345 listed properties in this county. |
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