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Photograph of West Vienna United Methodist Church
Photograph by kennethaw88, CC BY 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

West Vienna United Methodist Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

From the record

“West Vienna United Methodist Church was a historic church located at 5461 Wilson Road in Clio, Michigan, USA. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 and has apparently been demolished.”

Wikipedia article West Vienna United Methodist Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 73 National Register listings published here for Genesee County · listed in 1983 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 5461 Wilson Rd., Clio, 48420
  • When was it listed? June 1983
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Genesee County MRA
  • Charter township. Vienna charter township
  • Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 83000848 - 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

21 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of West Vienna United Methodist Church between 2018 and 2020, burning about 21 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
Equipment and vehicle use9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Natural2
Debris and open burning2

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
5 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCLIO AREA FD 0000163 - 2019
25 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCLIO AREA FD 205 - 2020
15 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCLIO AREA FD 199 - 2020
21 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCLIO AREA FD 178 - 2020
11 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCLIO AREA FD 166 - 2020
26 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBURTON CITY FIRE/RESCUE 233 - 2020
20 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCLIO AREA FD 0000123 - 2019
4 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCLIO AREA FD 0000085 - 2019

Every fire recorded in Genesee County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of West Vienna United Methodist Church: 1 producer. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Snelenberger Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Genesee County

Storms near this property

25 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clio, the town this property stands in, in 25 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 3 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 2 injuries. 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
July 1997Tornado (F3)Clio1 killed, 1 hurt, $3,800,000no account filed
September 2010Thunderstorm WindClio1 hurtA large tree was blown down which struck a man on a motorcyle.
July 1997Tornado (F3)Clio$600,000no account filed
September 2016Thunderstorm WindClio$3,000Several trees and wires reported down.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindClio$3,000Trees and power line reported down at the Clio Fire Department.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindClio$3,000no account filed
July 2025Thunderstorm WindClio-Large tree limb downed in Clio.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindClio-Numerous wires down.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindClio-Several trees and wires reported down in and around Clio and Vienna Township.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindClio-Fire Department estimated a wind gust of 65 mph.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindClio-A large tree was reported blown down.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindClio-A trained spotter reported tree branches 10 inches in diameter down and estimated the wind gusts at 60 MPH.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindClio-Trained spotters reported trees 2 to 3 feet in diameter down.
June 2013HailClio-no account filed
August 2011HailClio-no account filed
August 2007HailClio-no account filed
August 2007HailClio-no account filed
October 2007HailClio-no account filed
April 2006HailClio-no account filed
June 2006HailClio-no account filed
August 2004HailClio-no account filed
June 1998HailClio-no account filed
August 1998HailClio-no account filed
June 1997Tornado (F0)Clio-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindClio-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Genesee 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

5 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
House at 4344 Frances Road2.3 miles1982
Mauk & Hammer/Houghton Elevator2.9 miles1982
Clio Depot2.9 miles1983
Harry C. Tinker House5.8 miles1982
House at 10410 Stanley Road6.3 miles1982

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 83000848 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Genesee CountyAll 73 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.