Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
“The Richardson Silk Mill is a former industrial building located at 101 Front Street in Belding, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.”
Wikipedia article Richardson Silk Mill, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 16 National Register listings published here for Ionia County · listed in 1985 · 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 27 fires within 5 miles of Richardson Silk Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 196 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 4.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BELDING FD 0000830 - 2019 |
| 4 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BELDING FD 0000763 - 2018 |
| 14 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ORLEANS TOWNSHIP FD 0000096 - 2018 |
| 5 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SHERIDAN COMMUNITY FD 2018040 - 2018 |
| 16 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BELDING FD 0000644 - 2019 |
| 9 April 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 150 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Richardson Silk Mill: 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Harris Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pickett and Schreur Inc Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Shook Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Wheeler Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Wheeler Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Belding, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flood. The reports record 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belding | 2 hurt, $300,000 | Michigan State Police EMD's Damage and Injury Assessment Report indicated $150,000 in public damage costs, another $150,000 in private property damage, 2000 homes damaged, 10 homes destroyed, and 10 businesses damaged. Two injuries were reported. Most of the significant damage was reported across the northern portion of the county including the cities of Belding, Muir, and Pewamo and the townships of Otisco, Orleans, Ronald, North Plains, and Lyons. Ionia County declared a local state of emergency and was granted a Governor's disaster declaration to activate state assistance to the county. On June 24th, President Clinton granted a Major Disaster Declaration for Ionia County, making federal disaster assistance available. |
| April 2013 | Flood | Belding | $7,000,000 | Heavy rainfall caused significant flooding on rivers and streams across Ionia county. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belding | $50,000 | The public in Belding reported numerous trees were blown down. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belding | $25,000 | Numerous trees were blown down throughout the county. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belding | $20,000 | A few trees and tree limbs were blown down. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Belding | $15,000 | Hail broke a window on a home in Belding. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belding | $10,000 | Ionia county dispatch reported they had various trees and limbs downed in Belding and Orleans. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belding | $10,000 | Several 6 to 8 inch diameter tree limbs were blown down. |
| September 2022 | Hail | Belding | $5,000 | Nickel sized hail was reported and several small trees were blown down in and near Belding. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belding | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds, gusting to 75 mph uprooted 116 trees, 100 of which were apple trees. That was estimated to be about 75 bushels. This was on Fisk road, just west of Belding. The total cost of the damage to this orchard was several thousand dollars. This all was from just one orchard, but most of the orchards in the Fisk Road area also reported medium to heavy damage from this storm. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belding | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belding | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belding | - | An Ionia county official reported that numerous trees were blown down countywide and that power was out in the city of Ionia. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Belding | - | A trained spotter reported golf-ball sized hail along Fish Road, west of Michigan Highway 91 in Otisco Township. |
| July 1994 | Hail | Belding | - | Marble-size hail fell over approximately 1,000 acres of apple orchards causing damage to fruit that growers estimated could exceed $1,000,000. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Pere Marquette Railway Belding Depot | 0.2 miles | 1997 |
 | Alvah N. Belding Memorial Library | 0.4 miles | 1993 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85002496 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Ionia County | All 16 listed properties in this county. |
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