Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
“Howard House is a single-family house located at 403 North Saginaw in Pontiac, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.”
Wikipedia article Horatio N. Howard House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 87 National Register listings published here for Oakland County · listed in 1984 · 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 29 fires within 5 miles of Horatio N. Howard House between 2018 and 2020, burning about 29 acres in total. 3 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 use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0003804 - 2019 |
| 26 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP FD 0002228 - 2019 |
| 17 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WATERFORD TOWNSHIP FD 0008643 - 2019 |
| 1 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ROCHESTER HILLS FD 0004453 - 2019 |
| 4 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | AUBURN HILLS FD 0001651 - 2020 |
| 3 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WATERFORD TOWNSHIP FD 0006862 - 2019 |
| 13 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0003315 - 2019 |
| 13 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WATERFORD TOWNSHIP FD 0007257 - 2019 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Horatio N. Howard House: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Mt Plant No. 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Underwood Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pontiac, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 1999 and 2011: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2000 | Flash Flood | Pontiac | $125,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pontiac | $45,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pontiac | $16,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pontiac | $10,000 | A few trees were reported blown down, which took down power lines. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pontiac | $10,000 | A National Weather Service employee reported numerous large trees down throughout a subdivision near Waterford. A local newspaper confirmed reports of widespread trees down all across Waterford Township. A few homes received minor damages. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pontiac | $5,000 | Trees limbs were downed, fencing destroyed, and windows of a home were damaged near Elizabeth Lake and Cooley Lake in Waterford. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pontiac | - | A trained spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| July 2000 | Hail | Pontiac | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Pontiac | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Fairgrove Avenue Historic District | 0.2 miles | 1985 |
 | Wisner House | 0.5 miles | 1970 |
 | Oak Hill Cemetery | 0.6 miles | 1989 |
 | Pontiac Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase) | 0.6 miles | 1989 |
 | Eagle Theater | 0.7 miles | 1984 |
 | Pontiac Commercial Historic District | 0.7 miles | 1984 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 84000545 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Oakland County | All 87 listed properties in this county. |
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