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Photograph of W.H.L. McCourtie Estate
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W. H. L. McCourtie Estate

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

From the record

“McCourtie Park, originally dalled Aiden Lair, is a recreational park located at 10426 South Jackson Road in Somerset Center, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1991 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992 under the name W.”

Wikipedia article McCourtie Park, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 9 National Register listings published here for Hillsdale County · listed in 1992 · category: Site.

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

The listing

  • Listed as. McCourtie, W. H. L., Estate - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. Jct. of US 12 and Jackson Rd., Somerset Center, 49233
  • When was it listed? January 1992
  • Category. site
  • Township. Somerset township
  • National Register reference number. 91001984 - 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

23 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of W. H. L. McCourtie Estate between 2018 and 2020, burning about 25 acres in total. 7 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/undetermined7
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use7
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
21 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSOMERSET TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 653 - 2020
12 August 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHANOVER TOWNSHIP FD 148 - 2019
5 May 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesADDISON FD 0000552 - 2019
3 May 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSOMERSET TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 322 - 2020
3 April 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSOMERSET TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 249 - 2020
24 April 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHANOVER TOWNSHIP FD 93 - 2020
10 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesADDISON FD 0000473 - 2019
10 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLIBERTY TOWNSHIP FD 0000107 - 2018

Every fire recorded in Hillsdale County

Mines and quarries near this property

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of W. H. L. McCourtie Estate: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Cambridge Junction Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hillsdale County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jerome Brick and Tile Co Clay PitClayPast Producer
Jerome PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Parks Farm Clay ProspectClayProspect
Peninsular Port.Cement Co Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hillsdale County

Storms near this property

8 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Somerset Center, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2003Thunderstorm WindSomerset Center1 hurtEmergency management reported tress down in Somerset Center. One person was injured.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSomerset Center$10,000Numerous large trees uprooted or down at the mobile home park in Somerset Center. Photos on Twitter.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSomerset Center$5,000Several trees down or uprooted around McCourite park. Photos on Twitter.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindSomerset Center-Several power poles and transmission lines down.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindSomerset Center-A trained spotter reported trees down.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindSomerset Center-Emergency management officials reported the top third of a 154 foot tall 911 communications tower was blown over.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindSomerset Center-Law enforcement officials reported trees down in the Somerset Center area.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindSomerset Center-Several trees blown down. Windows blown out of a mobile home.

Every storm recorded in Hillsdale 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 91001984 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Hillsdale CountyAll 9 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.