Middle Cemetery

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Middle Cemetery between 2002 and 2020, burning about 2,732 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 1,931 specimens collected within 10 miles of Middle Cemetery between 1859 and 1974: 1,130 Animalia, 516 Plantae, 273 Fungi, 6 Unrecorded, 5 Chromista, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. C. Gibson, A. Ferrett, A. G. Chandler 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
	Chrysosplenium americanum Schwein. ex Hook.	1899	E. F. Williams
	Condylura cristata cristata (Linnaeus, 1758)	1859	E S Wheeler	BERLIN
	Dryobates pubescens medianus (Swainson, 1832)	1861	not recorded	Bolton
	Clemmys insculpta Fitzinger, 1835	1864	Agassiz
	Bromus sterilis L.	1879	C. E. Faxon
	Merulius lacrymans (Wulfen) Schumach.	1879	Howes, A.	Massachusetts
	Icterus galbula (Linnaeus, 1758)	1881	G. L. Brigham	Bolton
	Nitella megacarpa (T.F.A.) R.D.W.	1881	T. F. Allen	Nashua River
	Arthuriomyces peckianus (Howe) Cummins & Y.Hirats.	1892	W. B. Hosmer
	Castilleja coccinea (L.) Spreng.	1892	E. C. Smith	Marboro.
	Tyrannus tyrannus (Linnaeus, 1758)	1892	G.L. Brigham	Bolton
	Seiurus aurocapilla aurocapilla (Linnaeus, 1766)	1894	Collector(s): James Lee Peters	Harvard

All 1,931 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Middle Cemetery: 7 past producers, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Zinc. 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 Lancaster, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 2005 and 2026: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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 Worcester County

1 paper published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 0 issues, 0 pages. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.

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.