Rural Glen Cemetery

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Rural Glen Cemetery between 2015 and 2020, burning about 42 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 1,545 specimens collected within 10 miles of Rural Glen Cemetery between 1839 and 1973: 786 Animalia, 431 Fungi, 306 Plantae, 12 Protozoa, 10 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. C. V. Schott, A. J. Stone, A. Melander 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
	Porella platyphylla (L.) Pfeiff.	1895	James F. Collins	South spur, Mount Wachusett
	Athyrium filix-femina subsp. angustum (Willd.) R.T.Clausen	1900	Davenport	Pine Hill; Medford
	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
	Moneses uniflora (L.) A.Gray	1893	J. F. Collins
	Calyptospora goeppertiana J.G.Kühn	1895	not recorded	US, Massachusetts, Barre
	Vaccinium corymbosum L.	1895	not recorded	US, Massachusetts, Barre

All 1,545 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Rural Glen Cemetery: 7 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Sulfur. 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 Hubbardston, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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

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.