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Six Moon Hill Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.
The listing
- Address. 4, 8 Bird Hill & 1-40 Moon Hill Rds, 16, 24 Swan Ln., Lexington
- When was it listed? January 2016
- Category. district
- Also known as. Mid-Century Modern Houses of Lexington, Massachusetts MPS
- Architectural style. mid-century modern
- National Register reference number. 15000981 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
50 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Six Moon Hill Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 101 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 24 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.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 5 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 4 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 3 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 22 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 18 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | MELROSE |
| 18 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | MELROSE |
| 1 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Minute Man National Historical Park | FISKEHILL |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Six Moon Hill Historic District: 9 past producers, 3 producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Peat, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Hastings--Woburn, Ma. | Iron | Plant | ||
| Mahoney:S Rocky Ledge | Peat | Past Producer | Peat | |
| Rocky Ledge Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Massachusetts Broken Stone Co | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Weston Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Burlington S & G Co., Inc. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Burlington Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Burton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| D R Raymond | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Joseph Roberto Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Maps showing this location
16 surveysUnited 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.
- 1893 USGS Boston quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
- 1903 USGS Boston quadrangle1:62500 - 13 printings
- 1943 USGS Boston quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:31680 - 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000 - 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Boston quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:25000
- 1971 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:25000
- 1985 USGS Boston quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Boston North quadrangle1:25000 - 3 printings
- 1989 USGS Boston quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | House at 45 Claremont Avenue | 0.3 miles | 1985 |
 | Stone Building | 0.5 miles | 1976 |
 | Peacock Farm Historic District | 0.5 miles | 2012 |
 | Follen Community Church | 0.5 miles | 1976 |
 | Franklin School | 1.0 miles | 2009 |
 | Arlington Reservoir | 1.2 miles | 1985 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 15000981 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Middlesex County | All 1353 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.