Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. 19 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1887.
One of 1,353 National Register listings published here for Middlesex County · listed in 1975 · category: Building.
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 110 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 126 fires within 5 miles of Goodale Homestead between 2003 and 2020, burning about 146 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 64 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | MARLBORO |
| 28 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 23 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 20 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 16 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 11 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | MARLBORO |
| 1 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | MARLBORO |
| 8 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Goodale Homestead: 6 past producers, 2 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C and M Enterprises | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Haynes Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hudson Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Kane Corporation Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Melone Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Melone Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Rich Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Stow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Tyler Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wallace Fletcher | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Weeks Cemetery | 0.5 miles | 2004 |
| Wilson Cemetery | 1.9 miles | 2004 | |
 | Randall-Hale Homestead | 2.2 miles | 1996 |
 | Wayside Inn Historic District | 2.3 miles | 1973 |
 | Rocklawn Cemetery | 2.7 miles | 2004 |
 | Hapgood House | 2.9 miles | 1990 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 75000260 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. |
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