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Allendale, Michigan

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Hayes Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48625. It stands on Spike Horn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Harrison quadrangle.

Allendale within Clare County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

183 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 183 fires within 5 miles of Allendale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 350 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 19 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
Debris and open burning57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Equipment and vehicle use31
Arson/incendiarism19
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking4
Fireworks4
Other causes2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1

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
28 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 August 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 August 2009Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCLARE 20
17 August 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 August 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 August 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCLARE 24
7 July 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHARRISON COMMUNITY FD 179 - 2020

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clare County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Allendale: 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Larman Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mcculloch Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mcquestion Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Weldon Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Clare County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Harrison1.3 miles11
Ash Acres2.7 miles11
Airport Forest3.6 miles11
Piney Woods4.9 miles11
Hatton5.9 miles12
Long Lake Heights6.6 miles11
Buck Trails7.8 miles11
Dover8.3 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 619994. 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.