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Photograph of Ford River Rouge Complex
Photograph by Joe Clark, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Ford River Rouge Complex

A National Historic Landmark. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

From the record

“The Ford River Rouge complex is a Ford Motor Company automobile factory complex located in Dearborn, Michigan, United States, along the River Rouge, upstream from its confluence with the Detroit River at Zug Island. Completed in 1928, it was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1978.”

Wikipedia article Ford River Rouge complex, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 396 National Register listings published here for Wayne County · listed in 1978 · category: District · a National Historic Landmark.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • Address. 3001 Miller Rd., Dearborn, 48120
  • When was it listed? June 1978
  • Category. district
  • City. Dearborn city
  • Architect. Albert Kahn
  • National Register reference number. 78001516 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

105 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Ford River Rouge Complex between 2018 and 2020, burning about 107 acres in total. 13 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
Equipment and vehicle use37
Debris and open burning37
Natural13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDETROIT FD 0033175 - 2018
8 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDETROIT FD 0032111 - 2019
8 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDETROIT FD 0032054 - 2019
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDEARBORN FD 0010923 - 2018
3 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDETROIT FD 0031432 - 2019
28 September 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDETROIT FD 0035675 - 2018
26 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTAYLOR FD 0007107 - 2019
19 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDETROIT FD 0033618 - 2019

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Ford River Rouge Complex: 5 producers, 2 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Calcium, Salt, Halite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Detroit MineSaltProducer
Detroit Salt MineHaliteProducer1895, 1910
Wr Grace Zonolite DivVermiculiteProducer
Clippert Brick and Tile Co. PitClayPast Producer
Detroit Lime Co Calcining PlantCalciumProducer
Ford Clay Pit and MineClayPast Producer
River Rouge LimekilnCalciumProducer

Every working recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this property

27 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dearborn, the town this property stands in, in 27 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 19 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2002Thunderstorm WindDearborn$25,000A trained spotter reported very large tree limbs blown down on some cars and vans near Telegraph and Eureka.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindDearborn$22,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindDearborn$20,000no account filed
May 1998LightningDearborn$5,000no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindDearborn$2,500Local Media reported several trees and large limbs were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindDearborn$2,000A large tree was reported down, along with power lines.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindDearborn-Trees reported down.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindDearborn-Multiple trees downed, uprooted, and snapped. Several large tree limbs downed as well with some falling onto a home.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindDearborn-Large tree limbs blown down.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindDearborn-Large tree limbs reported down.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindDearborn-Large tree limbs reported down.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindDearborn-A trained spotter reported a large tree snapped in half.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindDearborn-A trained spotter estimated a 58 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindDearborn-A trained spotter reported two large tree branches down.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindDearborn-A trained spotter estimated a 65 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindDearborn-A trained spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindDearborn-A trained spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindDearborn-The local media reported wires down.
May 2007HailDearborn-no account filed
May 2005HailDearborn-no account filed
May 2004HailDearborn-no account filed
April 2001HailDearborn-no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindDearborn-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindDearborn-no account filed
May 1997HailDearborn-no account filed
August 1996HailDearborn-no account filed
July 1994HailDearborn-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wayne County

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.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

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 PropertyDistance Listed
Dearborn City Hall Complex1.4 miles2014
Fort Street-Pleasant Street and Norfolk & Western Railroad Viaduct1.5 miles2000
West Vernor-Lawndale Historic District1.6 miles2002
US 12 Bridges1.6 miles2000
Springwells Park Historic District1.6 miles2015
US 12 Bridges1.6 miles2000

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 78001516 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Wayne CountyAll 396 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.