BlockFrom the record
One of 29 National Register listings published here for Jackson County · listed in 1994 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Kentucky Homestead
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 6740 Kentucky Ave., Columbia Township, Clark Lake, 49234
- When was it listed? July 1994
- Category. building
- Township. Columbia township
- National Register reference number. 94000663 - 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
24 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Kentucky Homestead between 2018 and 2020, burning about 26 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 3 |
| 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 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NAPOLEON TOWNSHIP FD 0000352 - 2018 |
| 14 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP FD 0000436 - 2018 |
| 5 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ADDISON FD 0000552 - 2019 |
| 5 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ADDISON FD 0000452 - 2019 |
| 3 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SUMMIT TOWNSHIP FD 0000701 - 2019 |
| 22 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP FD 0000232 - 2018 |
| 20 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LIBERTY TOWNSHIP FD 0000120 - 2018 |
| 2 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LIBERTY TOWNSHIP FD 90 - 2019 |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Kentucky Homestead: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peninsular Port.Cement Co Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Cambridge Junction Pit No. 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Stevick Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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
4 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Gordon Hitt Farmstead | 0.2 miles | 1994 |
 | Mill Street-South Branch Raisin River Bridge | 4.3 miles | 2000 |
 | Ford Motor Company Brooklyn Plant | 4.4 miles | 2017 |
 | Ella Sharp House | 7.9 miles | 1972 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 94000663 in Record Group 79. |
| Jackson County | All 29 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.