Beaman Memorial Public Library

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Beaman Memorial Public Library between 2015 and 2020, burning about 35 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 1,867 specimens collected within 10 miles of Beaman Memorial Public Library between 1839 and 1974: 1,067 Plantae, 502 Animalia, 271 Fungi, 17 Unrecorded, 6 Protozoa, 4 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A E WOODHEAD, A. A. Eaton, 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
	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
	Pooecetes gramineus gramineus (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)	1900	Roscoe I. Giles
	Ochrolechia tartarea (L.) A.Massal.	1839	E. Tuckerman
	Carex laxiflora Lam.	1840	Thomas Nuttall	Cambridge.
	Carex vestita Willd.	1840	Thomas Nuttall	Cambridge.
	Mycobilimbia hypnorum (Lib.) Kalb & Hafellner	1848	E. Tuckerman
	Tamias striatus lysteri (Richardson, 1829)	1848	L Agassiz	PARSONS ISLAND
	Geranium maculatum L.	1850	not recorded
	Packera aurea (L.) Á.Löve & D.Löve	1850	not recorded
	Carex aperta Boott	1853	W. Boott	Massachusetts
	Elymus repens (L.) Gould	1892	Arthur B. Seymour	Cambridge.

All 1,867 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Beaman Memorial Public Library: 13 past producers, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Peat, Iron, Zinc. 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 West Boylston, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 2001 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood, 1 flash 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.

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.