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Anderson, Michigan

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Putnam Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48169. The Survey maps it on the Gregory quadrangle.

Anderson within Livingston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

24 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Anderson between 1996 and 2019, burning about 98 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
5 September 1996Debris and open burning4.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHOWELL AREA FD 0000714 - 2018
26 July 2018Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPUTNAM TOWNSHIP FD 0000339 - 2018
17 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesUNADILLA TOWNSHIP FD 0000138 - 2018
21 June 2012Debris and open burning5.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLIVINGSTON 01
5 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCHELSEA AREA FIRE AUTHORITY 0000470 - 2018
8 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesUNADILLA TOWNSHIP FD 050 - 2019
6 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPUTNAM TOWNSHIP FD 0000150 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Livingston County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Anderson: 2 producers. All of them 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
Fenton Gravel Co., Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Livingston County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Livingston County

Storms near this place

6 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Anderson in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 4 injuries. 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 2021LightningAnderson4 hurtFour men were injured by a lightning strike as they worked in a field in Iosco Township. |The lightning struck a field along Weller Road in Gregory around 9 am EDT. One of local workers were transported to local hospital, while the other three workers declined medical treatment.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindAnderson-Multiple trees reported down.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindAnderson-Tree reported down.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindAnderson-Trees were reported down.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindAnderson-Numerous 12 inch diameter tree limbs blown down.
July 2017HailAnderson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Livingston 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
Bullis Crossing1.4 miles16
Hell2.7 miles19
Chalkerville2.7 miles16
Kaiserville3.0 miles16
Pinckney3.3 miles19
Unadilla4.0 miles16
Gregory4.2 miles16
Williamsville5.3 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617416. 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.