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One of 13 National Register listings published here for McHenry County · listed in 2020 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Colby-Petersen Farm
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 4 buildingss, 1 site, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 4112 McCullom Lake Rd., McHenry, 60050
- When was it listed? March 2020
- Category. district
- Township. McHenry township
- National Register reference number. 100004853 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
6 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Colby-Petersen Farm between 2011 and 2013, burning about 146 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 July 2012 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 12-01725 |
| 5 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 13-129 |
| 3 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | 49 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | DEFIANCW |
| 31 March 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | HOLMES |
| 1 November 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 12_4168 |
| 21 October 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 13-454 |
Mines and quarries near this property
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Colby-Petersen Farm: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Copper Deposit | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Big Hollow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Green Valley East Gate Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pistakee Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Possum Run Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| West Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
10 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names McHenry, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 2015 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mchenry | $1,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mchenry | - | A photo shared on social media showed a softwood tree that was blown down. |
| June 2024 | Heavy Rain | Mchenry | - | Private weather station KILMCHEN111 recorded a 3 hour rainfall amount of 4.24. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mchenry | - | Power lines were blown down on Riverside Dr south of McCullom Lake Rd in McHenry. Wind magnitude and time were estimated based on radar. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Mchenry | - | Multiple reports of nickel to quarter size hail were received from McHenry. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mchenry | - | Power lines were blown down. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mchenry | - | Two large trees were blown down, one fell through a roof. |
| September 2019 | Flash Flood | Mchenry | - | Route 31 was flooded and closed between Lillian Street and Route 120. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Mchenry | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mchenry | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
5 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Count's House | 1.4 miles | 1982 |
 | Terwilliger House | 5.5 miles | 1979 |
 | George Stickney House | 5.7 miles | 1979 |
 | Col. Gustavius A. Palmer House | 7.9 miles | 1985 |
 | Memorial Hall | 7.9 miles | 1993 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100004853 in Record Group 79. |
| McHenry County | All 13 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.