Col. John Ashley House (Boundary Increase)

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 112 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

1885 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Col. John Ashley House (Boundary Increase) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 142 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 Berkshire County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Col. John Ashley House (Boundary Increase): 13 past producers, 6 producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Marble, Dimension, Iron. 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 Berkshire County

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.

• 1885 USGS Sheffield quadrangle1:62500
• 1888 USGS Sheffield quadrangle1:62500
• 1891 USGS Sheffield quadrangle1:62500
• 1893 USGS Sheffield quadrangle1:62500
• 1897 USGS Sheffield quadrangle1:62500 - 10 printings
• 1899 USGS Housatonic quadrangle1:125000
• 1900 USGS Housatonic quadrangle1:125000 - 5 printings
• 1943 USGS Housatonic quadrangle1:125000
• 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
• 1948 USGS Ashley Falls quadrangle1:24000
• 1949 USGS Ashley Falls quadrangle1:31680 - 2 printings
• 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
• 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
• 1958 USGS Ashley Falls quadrangle1:24000 - 6 printings
• 1958 USGS Ashley Falls quadrangle1:25000
• 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
• 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
• 1975 USGS Ashley Falls quadrangle1:25000
• 1986 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
• 1987 USGS Ashley Falls quadrangle1:25000 - 2 printings
• 1997 USGS Ashley Falls quadrangle1:25000

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
	Col. John Ashley House	0.2 miles	1975
	General John and Mary Fellows Farmstead	2.3 miles	2018
	Sheffield Center Historic District	3.3 miles	1989
	Sheffield Plain Historic District	4.3 miles	1988
	Old Covered Bridge	4.6 miles	1978
	Mill River Historic District	5.8 miles	1994