BlockAlbion Landing, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Clarence Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49224. The Survey maps it on the Duck Lake quadrangle. It stands 928 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1921 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1923 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Duck Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Albion Landing between 2005 and 2020, burning about 12 acres in total. None 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SPRINGPORT/CLARENCE TWP. FD 185 - 2019 |
| 14 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SPRINGPORT/CLARENCE TWP. FD 147 - 2020 |
| 6 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SPRINGPORT/CLARENCE TWP. FD 62 - 2019 |
| 1 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP FD 2019037 - 2019 |
| 25 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP FD 2018034 - 2018 |
| 23 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP FD 2018030 - 2018 |
| 14 October 2005 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Albion Landing: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fc Hunt Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| George Miller & Sons Inc Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Landing | 0.8 miles | 15 | |
| Clarence Center | 0.9 miles | 15 | |
| Duck Lake | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| Partello | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Rice Creek | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Lee Center | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Marengo | 8.4 miles | 15 | |
| Albion | 9.7 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Albion Landing | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4712526 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617408. 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.