Bancroft Memorial Library

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Bancroft Memorial Library between 2003 and 2020, burning about 207 acres in total. None started naturally. 39 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 462 specimens collected within 10 miles of Bancroft Memorial Library between 1844 and 1975: 191 Plantae, 155 Animalia, 102 Fungi, 9 Protozoa, 3 Unrecorded, 2 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. B. Seymour, A. P. D. Piguet, A. R. Hodgdon; F. L. Steele 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
	Chilonectria coryli (Fuckel) Ellis & Everh.	1896	Henderson
	Coryneum pulvinatum Kunze	1897	D. Murray
	Sceptridium dissectum (Spreng.) Lyon	1899	H. H. Scudder
	Trichophorum planifolium (Spreng.) Palla	1844	Collector unspecified	Uxbridge
	Carex vesicaria L.	1848	J. W. Robbins
	Potamogeton epihydrus Raf.	1848	J. W. Robbins	Uxbridge
	Potamogeton bicupulatus Fernald	1854	W. J. Robbins	Uxbridge
	Carex brevior (Dewey) Mack.	1855	J. W. Robbins
	Carex normalis Mack.	1855	J. W. Robbins
	Carex siccata Dewey	1855	J. W. Robbins
	Carex straminea Willd. ex Schkuhr	1855	J. W. Robbins
	Hyla versicolor LeConte, 1825	1857	Weinland, David Friedrich

All 462 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Bancroft Memorial Library: 5 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Granite, 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.

Every working recorded in Worcester County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hopedale, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 2001 and 2019: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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.