Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
“The Irish Hills Towers are two wooden observation towers located at 8433 West U.S. Highway 12 in Cambridge Township, Lenawee County, Michigan, in the Irish Hills region.”
Wikipedia article Irish Hills Towers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 45 National Register listings published here for Lenawee County · listed in 2007 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Irish Hills Towers between 2018 and 2020, burning about 53 acres in total. 12 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CAMBRIDGE FD 713 - 2020 |
| 27 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CAMBRIDGE FD 626 - 2020 |
| 26 August 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CAMBRIDGE FD 1020 - 2018 |
| 3 July 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAND LAKE VFD 0000118 - 2018 |
| 20 July 2019 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ADDISON FD 0000888 - 2019 |
| 19 July 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CAMBRIDGE FD 586 - 2019 |
| 15 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CAMBRIDGE FD 493 - 2020 |
| 14 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP FD 490 - 2020 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Irish Hills Towers: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gallop Pit No. 4 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Saint Joseph Church and Shrine | 0.4 miles | 2007 |
 | Davenport Hotel | 2.2 miles | 2007 |
 | Nathaniel S. Wheeler House | 2.8 miles | 1975 |
 | Saint Michael and All Angels' Episcopal Church and Cambridge Township Cemetery | 3.2 miles | 2004 |
 | S. Walker's Hotel | 3.4 miles | 2007 |
 | Walker Tavern | 3.5 miles | 1971 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 07000380 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Lenawee County | All 45 listed properties in this county. |
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