Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.
“Portland High School is a former public high school located at 306 Brush Street in Portland, Michigan. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.”
Wikipedia article Portland School Apartments, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 16 National Register listings published here for Ionia County · listed in 2016 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Portland High School between 1992 and 2019, burning about 6 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DELTA TOWNSHIP FD 1910526 - 2019 |
| 13 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PORTLAND AREA FIRE AUTHORITY 0000057 - 2019 |
| 17 June 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PORTLAND AREA FIRE AUTHORITY 0000038 - 2019 |
| 26 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DELTA TOWNSHIP FD 198143 - 2019 |
| 14 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DELTA TOWNSHIP FD 1824775 - 2018 |
| 18 January 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BERLIN-ORANGE FD 0000016 - 2019 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Portland High School: 4 producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ionia Co. Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ionia Co. Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ionia Co. Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Williams Bros No 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Portland, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2019 | Flood | Portland | $400,000 | An ice jam formed and held in Portland for three weeks, resulting in significant flooding and around 200,000 dollars in damage to public facilities. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Portland | $150,000 | Hundreds of trees were blown down resulting in 24-hour power outages and damage to houses and garages. A grain bin and two pole barns were blown down east of the city. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Portland | $50,000 | Multiple trees and limbs were blown down in the Portland area and across portions of the county. |
| December 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Portland | $40,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down onto Grand River avenue. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Portland | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Portland | $20,000 | Two inch diameter hail was reported by broadcast media one mile northeast of Portland. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Portland | $5,000 | Law enforcement in Portland reported that several trees were blown down. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Portland | $5,000 | A trained spotter in Portland reported one inch diameter hail. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Portland | $5,000 | Trees were blown down across a road two miles northwest of Portland. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Portland | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | Portland | - | Ping pong size hail from media and the public. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Portland | - | Downed trees. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Portland | - | Numerous trees were downed in the Portland area. Damage estimates were not available. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Portland Downtown Historic District | 0.2 miles | 2005 |
 | Portland First Congregational Church | 2.7 miles | 1984 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 16000508 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Ionia County | All 16 listed properties in this county. |
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