Sandy Pond School

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Sandy Pond School between 2015 and 2020, burning about 38 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Every fire recorded in Middlesex County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 495 specimens collected within 10 miles of Sandy Pond School between 1898 and 1975: 305 Animalia, 90 Plantae, 62 Protozoa, 33 Fungi, 4 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. B. Seymour, A. C. Gibson, A. F. Newton 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
	Viola brittoniana Pollard	1898	Henry A. Purdie
	Chrysosplenium americanum Schwein. ex Hook.	1899	E. F. Williams
	Oryzopsis asperifolia Michx.	1899	J M Greenman
	Cenchrus spinifex Cav.	1900	C. H. Knowlton	N Chelmsford.
	Dicranum scoparium Hedw.	1900	A. B. Seymour
	Pholiota carbonaria (Fr.) Singer	1900	H. Webster	Groton.
	Alopecurus aequalis Sobol.	1930	M. L. Fernald; C. A. Weatherby
	Carex nigra (L.) Reichard	1930	R J Eaton
	Cistothorus stellaris (J.F.Naumann, 1823)	1930	Collector(s): James Lee Peters	Harvard
	Colaptes auratus luteus Bangs, 1898	1930	Collector(s): James Lee Peters	Harvard
	Epitheca cynosura (Say, 1840)	1930	Davis, E. M.	MA, Middlesex Co., Shirley
	Hemaris thysbe Fabricius, 1775	1930	not recorded	Lunenburg

All 495 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Sandy Pond School: 5 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kyanite, Graphite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Middlesex County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ayer, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flood. 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.

Every storm recorded in Middlesex County

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.