Fobes-O'Donnell House

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Fobes-O'Donnell House between 2015 and 2018, burning about 50 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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.

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

Every fire recorded in Worcester County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 522 specimens collected within 10 miles of Fobes-O'Donnell House between 1839 and 1974: 219 Plantae, 217 Animalia, 84 Fungi, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. C. V. Schott, A.B. Seymour, A.E. Daugherty and L. Babbitt 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
	Pooecetes gramineus gramineus (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)	1900	Roscoe I. Giles
	Bartramia pomiformis Hedw.	1839	unknown	Barre
	Carex gracillima Schwein.	1839	M. S. Bebb	Barre
	Carex intumescens Rudge	1839	M. S. Bebb	Barre
	Carex lacustris Willd.	1839	M. S. Bebb	Barre
	Carex stipata Muhl. ex Willd.	1839	M. S. Bebb	Barre
	Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.	1839	M. S. Bebb	Barre
	Cypripedium acaule Aiton	1839	M. S. Bebb	Barre
	Nitella megacarpa (T.F.A.) R.D.W.	1894	G. E. Stern	Lake Lashaway
	Calyptospora goeppertiana J.G.Kühn	1895	not recorded	US, Massachusetts, Barre
	Vaccinium corymbosum L.	1895	not recorded	US, Massachusetts, Barre
	Calosoma calidum (Fabricius, 1775)	1896	Knab, Frederick (1865-1918)	Massachusetts

All 522 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Fobes-O'Donnell House: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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.

Every working recorded in Worcester County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oakham, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 hail. The reports record 4 injuries. 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 Worcester 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.