BlockFrom the record
One of 9 National Register listings published here for Menominee County · listed in 2002 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
J.W. Wells State Park
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
The listing
- Listed as. Wells, J.W., State Park - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. N7670 MI M-35, Cedarville, 49887
- When was it listed? February 2002
- Category. district
- Township. Cedarville township
- National Register reference number. 02000040 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of J.W. Wells State Park between 1994 and 2018, burning about 17 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ONE MONKEY |
| 3 July 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 May 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.3 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MENOMINEE-INGALLSTON FD 0001827 - 2018 |
| 14 May 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.4 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRIDGE |
| 12 April 2004 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 October 2001 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of J.W. Wells State Park: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gudwar Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 02000040 in Record Group 79. |
| Menominee County | All 9 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.