Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. 22 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1886.
One of 86 National Register listings published here for Hampshire County · listed in 2012 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 111 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Middlefield Center Historic District between 2016 and 2018, burning about 27 acres in total. None 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 June 2018 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 20 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 17 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 31 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 12 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 28 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Middlefield Center Historic District: 8 occurrences, 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Emery, Talc-Soapstone, Iron, Iron, Emery. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome-Magnetite Mine | Iron, Chromium | Past Producer | ||
| Sackett Emery Mine | Iron, Emery | Occurrence | 1875 | |
| Sackett Emery Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Magnetite | |
| Sackett Emery Mine | Iron, Emery | Past Producer | ||
| Middlefield Prospects | Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | ||
| Soapstone Quarry | Talc-Soapstone | Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Talc Occurance | Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | Metamorphic | |
| Talc Occurrence | Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | ||
| Chrome-Magnetite Mine | Emery | Occurrence | Emery | |
| Northern Chester Emery Mine | Emery | Occurrence | Emery |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Middlefield-Becket Stone Arch Railroad Bridge District | 2.9 miles | 1980 |
 | North Chester Historic District | 4.5 miles | 1996 |
 | Center Cemetery | 4.7 miles | 2004 |
 | Ringville Cemetery | 5.3 miles | 2004 |
 | North Cemetery | 6.0 miles | 2004 |
 | South Worthington Historic District | 6.3 miles | 2005 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 12000827 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Hampshire County | All 86 listed properties in this county. |
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