Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
“The Bingham House is a single-family home located at 13270 Silver Lake Road in Brighton, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.”
Wikipedia article Bingham House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 14 National Register listings published here for Livingston County · listed in 1972 · 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 23 fires within 5 miles of Bingham House between 1994 and 2019, burning about 63 acres in total. 1 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 | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTHFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0000485 - 2019 |
| 9 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRIGHTON AREA FD 0001078 - 2018 |
| 8 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GREEN OAK TOWNSHIP FD 0000863 - 2018 |
| 28 July 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GREEN OAK TOWNSHIP FD 0000968 - 2018 |
| 17 July 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GREEN OAK TOWNSHIP FD 0000915 - 2018 |
| 13 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GREEN OAK TOWNSHIP FD 0000897 - 2018 |
| 29 June 2019 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GREEN OAK TOWNSHIP FD 0000775 - 2019 |
| 9 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LYON TOWNSHIP FD 0000510 - 2018 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Bingham House: 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Aggregates Corp Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Green Oak Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Green Oaks Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Holloway Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kensington Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kent Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Livingston County Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Milford Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Muir Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Plant No 30 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brighton, the town this property stands in, in 47 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 34 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 4 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1998 | Lightning | Brighton | $1,500,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds brought down dozens of trees and power lines. Damage from the storm appeared to be confined mostly to the area of Brighton from the railroad tracks west to the high school. A couple of homes sustained damage from large trees which fell on them. |
| April 2003 | Lightning | Brighton | $50,000 | Lightning struck an electrical pole at the rear of a house and set a portion of the garage on fire. |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | $25,000 | The newspaper reported that thunderstorm winds blew a mobile home off of its foundation. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | $20,000 | A National Weather Service employee reported trees down. One tree, a 50-foot pine, fell onto a house in Green Oak Township. Total property damage was estimated at roughly $20K. |
| April 2002 | Lightning | Brighton | $15,000 | A bolt of lightning struck a detached garage setting it ablaze. The garage suffered some sizable damage. |
| November 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | $10,000 | Numerous reports of trees down between Brighton and Howell. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | $10,000 | Numerous trees and power lines reported down. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | $8,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | $3,000 | A large tree was blown down across US-23. |
| April 2001 | Lightning | Brighton | $3,000 | Lightning struck the chimney of a Brighton home, damaging moldings, drywall, and carpeting. A computer in the home also received electrical damage. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | - | Area hard hit between Spencer Road and Pleasant Valley Road in Brighton Township. A number of trees were uprooted. One tree fell on a vehicle. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | - | Trees reported down. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | - | A large tree limbs was blown down onto the road. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | - | Numerous six inch diameter tree branches reported down. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | - | Four inch diameter tree limbs reported down. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | - | A tree was reported down. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | - | A tree was reported down. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | - | Small trees reported down. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | - | A tree was reported down at Crooked Lake and Door roads. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | - | Tree reported down. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | - | Trees reported down. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | - | A trained spotter reported many large tree branches down and estimated the wind gusts at 65 MPH. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | - | Law enforcement reported several large trees down. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | - | A National Weather Service employee reported a tree branch 4 inches in diameter down. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | - | Central dispatch reported a tree blown down. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | - | A NWS employee reported a large tree blown down. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | - | The emergency manager reported numerous trees and wires down. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | - | A trained spotter reported several large tree limbs blown down. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | - | Law enforcement reported several trees blown down in thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | - | A spotter reported that a large tree was blown over in thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | - | Law enforcement reported that numerous one foot diameter trees were blown down in Green Oak Township due to thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | - | Limbs and power lines blown down. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | - | Trees blown down. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | - | Winds gusts to 60 mph were reported at Brighton. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Brighton | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Alonzo W. Olds House | 2.8 miles | 1972 |
 | Timothy and Lucretia Jones Warner Homestead | 3.5 miles | 2011 |
 | Western House | 4.9 miles | 1986 |
 | August Westphal Farmstead | 6.7 miles | 1985 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 72000635 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Livingston County | All 14 listed properties in this county. |
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