Nichols, Richard, House

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Nichols, Richard, House between 2006 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. 1 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 Middlesex County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 205 specimens collected within 10 miles of Nichols, Richard, House between 1898 and 1975: 97 Animalia, 88 Plantae, 20 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. C. Mathieson, A. N. Steward; L. B. Smith, A. P. Chute 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
	Trientalis borealis Raf.	1900	A. P. Chute
	Esox americanus Gmelin, 1789	1898	E. Preble	Maple Meadow Brook near Wilmington, Massachusetts
	Phegopteris polypodioides Fée	1898	Chester C. Kingman	Reading.
	Antennaria howellii subsp. neodioica (Greene) R.J.Bayer	1899	Williams, E.F.
	Antennaria neglecta Greene	1899	not recorded
	Aristida dichotoma Michx.	1899	E. F. Williams
	Arthrosporium compositum Ellis	1899	Rorer	East Billerica
	Asarum canadense L.	1899	E. F. Williams
	Asplenium filix-femina (L.) Bernh.	1899	Chester C. Kingman	Reading.
	Athyrium filix-femina subsp. angustum (Willd.) R.T.Clausen	1899	Chester C. Kingman	Reading.
	Betula alleghaniensis Britton	1900	E. F. Williams
	Betula nigra L.	1900	not recorded

All 205 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Nichols, Richard, House: 8 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Titanium, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 Middlesex County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reading, the town this property stands in, in 18 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 15 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 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 Middlesex 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 - 1,066 words, 9 pages, reproduced complete.

Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 84002760, 9 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.