Barretts Mills (Boundary Increase)

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Barretts Mills (Boundary Increase) between 2003 and 2018, burning about 44 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 Highland County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 965 specimens collected within 10 miles of Barretts Mills (Boundary Increase) between 1876 and 1975: 536 Animalia, 358 Fungi, 58 Plantae, 10 Protozoa, 3 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 14505, 14519, 14555 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
	Hericium coralloides (Scop.) Pers.	1939	Cooke, William Bridge	Seven Caves (Highlands Nature Sanctuary)
	Phyllachora luteomaculata (Schwein.) Orton	1939	Cooke, William Bridge	Rocky Fork of Paint Creek at 7 Caves
	Hypholoma lateritium (Schaeff.) P.Kumm.	1947	Keuse, H.O.	Fort Hill
	Cordyceps militaris (L.) Link	1876	W. B. Cooke	Fort Hill State Memorial
	Andropogon gerardi Vitman	1910	Hopkins, L.S.	Paint Creek
	Asplenium rhizophyllum L.	1910	Hopkins, L.S.	"Caves" Paint Creek
	Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb.) P.Beauv.	1910	Hopkins, L.S.	Paint Creek
	Cardamine pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd.	1910	Hopkins, L.S.	Paint Creek
	Cinna arundinacea L.	1910	Hopkins, L.S.	Panel Creek
	Cystopteris bulbifera (L.) Bernh.	1910	Hopkins, L.S.	Careo, Paint Creek
	Diarrhena americana P.Beauv.	1910	Hopkins, L.S.	Point Creek
	Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop.	1910	Hopkins, L.S.	Paint Creek

All 965 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Barretts Mills (Boundary Increase): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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 Highland County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rainsboro, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 1995 and 2015: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 Highland County

When this property was proposed for the National Register, someone wrote the case for it: what the building is, and why it matters. That document is a federal record in the public domain. It is reproduced in full on its own page, word for word and never summarised. The text was read off the scanned case file by machine, so the occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the 1970s typewriter's.

The whole case file for this property - 2,029 words, 15 pages, reproduced complete.

Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 79003168, 15 pages, held by the National Archives in Record Group 79. See the catalogue record.

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
	Barretts Mills	under 500 feet	1972
	Eubanks-Tytus House	3.9 miles	1979