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Atwood-Higgins Historic Distsrict

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. 17 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1887.

From the record

One of 202 National Register listings published here for Barnstable County · listed in 2010 · category: District.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • Listed as. Atwood--Higgins Historic Distsrict - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. Bound Brook Island Rd, Wellfleet
  • When was it listed? July 2010
  • Category. district
  • National Register reference number. 10000508 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Then and now

1887 to 1994

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 107 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Atwood-Higgins Historic Distsrict, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet covering Atwood-Higgins Historic Distsrict, surveyed 1887

Fires near this property

46 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Atwood-Higgins Historic Distsrict between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19 acres in total. 2 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.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony6
Debris and open burning5
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Other causes2
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism1

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

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
22 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named
22 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreCape Cod National SeashoreLONG POND ROAD FIRE
22 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreCape Cod National SeashoreGROSS HILL ROAD FIRE
22 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresCape Cod National SeashoreSHAPIRO
10 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCape Cod National SeashoreWELLWOODS
8 August 2012Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresCape Cod National SeashoreWHITE CREST WILDFIRE
7 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMassachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Controlnot named

Every fire recorded in Barnstable County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Atwood-Higgins Historic Distsrict: 1 past producer, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
John F Wood Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
North Truro PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Barnstable County

Maps showing this location

17 surveys

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.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

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 PropertyDistance Listed
Thomas Atwood House0.2 miles1976
Ahearn House and Summer House0.8 miles1984
Ruth and Robert Jr. Hatch House0.8 miles2014
Pine Grove Cemetery1.7 miles2013
Wellfleet Center Historic District1.9 miles1989
Rowell House2.4 miles1988

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 10000508 in Record Group 79.
Barnstable CountyAll 202 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.