Agnew, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Grand Haven Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49460. The Survey maps it on the Port Sheldon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1929 USGS Holland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1932 USGS Holland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Port Sheldon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Holland quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
32 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Agnew between 1992 and 2019, burning about 62 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PORT SHELDON FD 0000172 - 2018 |
| 3 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAND HAVEN TWP FIRE/RESCUE 19900 - 2019 |
| 22 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 July 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OTTAWA 01 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Agnew: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction Aggregates Corp Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rosy Mound | Silica | Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
2 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Agnew in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2019: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Agnew | $10,000 | A mesonet weather station reported a peak wind gust of 56 knots. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Agnew | - | The public reported quarter sized hail on US-31 between M-45 and Stanton. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Olive | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Clark Corners | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Port Sheldon | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Snug Harbor | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Rosy Mound | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Robinson | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Olive Center | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Grand Haven | 7.3 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 619868. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.





