Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
“The Hart Downtown Historic District is a commercial historic district in Hart, Michigan, United States. It is located along South State Street, and is roughly bounded by Main, Dryden, Water, and Lincoln Streets.”
Wikipedia article Hart Downtown Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 6 National Register listings published here for Oceana County · listed in 2015 · category: District.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Hart Downtown Historic District between 1996 and 2020, burning about 74 acres in total. 4 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 | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OCEANA 18 |
| 8 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OCEANA 19 |
| 7 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HART FD 84 - 2019 |
| 6 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HART FD 92 - 2020 |
| 6 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.4 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OCEANA 01 |
| 6 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HART FD 77 - 2018 |
| 5 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HART FD 89 - 2020 |
| 4 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HART FD 88 - 2020 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hart Downtown Historic District: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hart Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hart, the town this property stands in, in 14 storm reports between 1994 and 2020: 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hart | $100,000 | Numerous trees were blown down across parts of Oceana county. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hart | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hart | $10,000 | Several trees were blown down. |
| March 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hart | $10,000 | The Oceana county road commission reported that six trees were blown down across the county. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hart | $10,000 | A few trees were blown down in Hard and several more trees were blown down across Oceana county, which also knocked down several power lines. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hart | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Hart | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hart | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hart | - | Several trees and large limbs were blown down near Hart. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hart | - | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down just east of Hart. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Hart | - | Seven eighths inch diameter hail was reported in Hart. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hart | - | Several trees and power lines were blown down in Hart. |
| August 1998 | Flash Flood | Hart | - | flooding over parts of Oceana County |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hart | - | Several power outages were reported in the western portion of the county. Several large trees were downed by the wind. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| US 31-Pentwater River Bridge | 3.0 miles | 1999 | |
 | Navigation Structures at Pentwater Harbor | 6.7 miles | 2001 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 15000814 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Oceana County | All 6 listed properties in this county. |
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