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one of 28 National Register listings in Franklin County · listed in 2020 · category: Site · one of 1 National Historic Landmarks in Franklin County.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020. A historic map-sheet match is not published yet. The record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.
one of 28 National Register listings in Franklin County · listed in 2020 · category: Site · one of 1 National Historic Landmarks in Franklin County.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Long Plain Cemetery between 2002 and 2020, burning about 95 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachussetts State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 18 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Massachussetts State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 8 July 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Massachussetts State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 23 July 2016 | Natural | 5.3 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 22 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 14 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 29 June 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachussetts State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 26 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 9,912 specimens collected within 10 miles of Long Plain Cemetery between 1781 and 1975: 4,010 Animalia, 3,386 Plantae, 2,278 Fungi, 128 Chromista, 92 Protozoa, 18 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A V Osmun, A. Allen, A. B. Seymour 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Cercospora violae Sacc. | 1895 | Ralph E. Smith | Hothouse, Mass. Agr. College, Amherst |
![]() | Septoria petroselini Desm. | 1895 | R. E. Smith | Hothouse, Mass. Agr. College |
![]() | Bombus bimaculatus Cresson, 1863 | 1899 | [Not Stated] | Hatch Experiment Station |
![]() | Carex argyrantha Tuck. ex Dewey | 1781 | H. G. Jesup | Amherst in Hampshire Co., and Leverett in Franklin Co., Massachusetts. [Inferred counties from precise loc.] |
![]() | Carex foenea Willd. | 1781 | H. G. Jesup | And Leverett |
![]() | Ustilago nuda (C.N.Jensen) Kellerm. & Swingle | 1810 | J.E. Humphrey | |
![]() | Ptilidium pulcherrimum (Weber) Hampe | 1822 | Ebenezer Emmons | |
![]() | Ranunculus ambigens S.Watson | 1831 | S. Shurtleff | |
![]() | Dactylis glomerata L. | 1839 | S J Ewer | |
![]() | Solidago arguta Aiton | 1841 | Collector(s): Henry Holmes Babcock, Henry Griswold Jesup | Amherst |
![]() | Phlebiella vaga (Fr.) P.Karst. | 1845 | Illegible collector name | |
![]() | Elodea nuttallii (Planch.) H.St.John | 1847 | H. G. Jesup |
All 9,912 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 Long Plain Cemetery: 7 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Copper, Barium-Barite, Silver, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leverett Barite Prospect | Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Occurrence | Replacement Vein | |
| Leverett Lead Mines | Lead, Copper, Barium-Barite, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | Barite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Leverett Lead Mines | Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Leverett Prospects | Barium-Barite, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Leverett Lead Mine | Lead, Copper | Past Producer | Vein | |
| D D Ruxton Co Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Leverett Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pulpit Hill Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sunderland Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Sunderland Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leverett, the town this property stands in, in 29 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 18 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 flash flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1996 | Flash Flood | Leverett | $1,800,000 | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leverett | $15,000 | Trees and wires were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leverett | $15,000 | Trees and wires on North Leverett Road were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leverett | $10,000 | Trees and wires on Shutesbury Road were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leverett | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leverett | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leverett | $5,000 | A tree was downed onto North Leverett Road by thunderstorm winds. |
| October 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leverett | $5,000 | A tree was downed onto wires on Long Plain Road. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leverett | $3,000 | A tree was downed onto power lines by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Leverett | $1,300 | In East Leverett, trees and wires were down on Shutesbury Road. Time estimated by radar. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Leverett | $1,000 | In Montague, a tree and power line wires were down on Chestnut Hill Rd. |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Leverett | $1,000 | In Leverett multiple trees were down on wires on Shutesbury Rd. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leverett | $1,000 | At 820 PM EST, a tree was reported down on Hubbard Hill Road in Sutherland. The road was blocked. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leverett | $1,000 | At 1025 PM EST, an amateur radio operator reported a tree down by wind along State Route 63 in Leverett. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Leverett | $800 | In Montague, a tree and wires were down on East Chestnut Hill Rd at Chestnut Hill Loop. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leverett | $800 | In Leverett, a tree and wires were down on Long Plain Rd. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Leverett | - | At 553 PM EST, Hail was reported in Leverett up to Nickel Size. |
| March 2011 | Flood | Leverett | - | Cushman Road, Boathill Road, and Route 63 at Depot Road were closed due to flooding in Leverett. Cooleyville Road in Shutesbury was also closed. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Leverett | - | Hail as large as ping pong balls was observed on West Pelham Road in Leverett. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leverett | - | Trees and power poles downed. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Leverett | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Leverett | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Leverett | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Leverett | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | North Leverett | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leverett | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leverett | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Leverett | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Flash Flood | Leverett | - | no account filed |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leverett Center Historic District | 1.3 miles | 2008 | |
| North Cemetery | 1.8 miles | 2020 | |
| South School | 5.2 miles | 2007 | |
| Dickinson House | 7.5 miles | 1966 | |
| Wells-Thorn House | 7.6 miles | 1966 | |
| Allen House | 7.9 miles | 1966 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100005304 in Record Group 79. |
| Franklin County | All 28 listed properties in this county. |