BlockFrom the record
One of 50 National Register listings published here for Calhoun County · listed in 1973 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Pine Creek Potawatomi Reservation
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
The listing
- Address. 1 mi. W of Athens, Athens, 49011
- When was it listed? March 1973
- Category. district
- Township. Athens township
- National Register reference number. 73000946 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
6 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Pine Creek Potawatomi Reservation between 2012 and 2020, burning about 8 acres in total. 2 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 | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 September 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ATHENS TOWNSHIP FD 0000181 - 2018 |
| 28 July 2012 | Natural | 3.1 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CALHOUN 01 |
| 6 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ATHENS TOWNSHIP FD 0000080 - 2018 |
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ATHENS TOWNSHIP FD 0000078 - 2018 |
| 20 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ATHENS TOWNSHIP FD 60 - 2020 |
| 22 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ATHENS TOWNSHIP FD 0000049 - 2018 |
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 Pine Creek Potawatomi Reservation: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Brothers Contractors Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
6 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Athens, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Athens | $15,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down in and near Athens. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Athens | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported that six trees and several wires were blown down in Athens. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Athens | $2,500 | Trees downed along K Drive S. just east of 5 Mile Rd. in Leroy Township, approximately 5 miles northeast of Athens. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Athens | - | Calhoun county officials reported a severe thunderstorm blew down several trees onto M-66. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Athens | - | A trained spotter in Athens reported one inch diameter hail. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Athens | - | no account filed |
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 73000946 in Record Group 79. |
| Calhoun County | All 50 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.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.