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Andersonville, Michigan

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Springfield Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48350. The Survey maps it on the Clarkston quadrangle.

Andersonville within Oakland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

16 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Andersonville between 2018 and 2020, burning about 20 acres in total. 2 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 use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Natural2
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
23 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 798 - 2020
20 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesINDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP FD 0002520 - 2019
20 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesINDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP FD 0002522 - 2019
15 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0000601 - 2018
4 June 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesINDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP FD 0001403 - 2019
5 May 2019Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 326 - 2019
28 May 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0000430 - 2018
9 April 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWHITE LAKE TOWNSHIP FD 0000693 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oakland County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Andersonville: 6 producers, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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
Sebewaing Limekiln MillLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Andersonville Road PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gale Road Plant No. 4Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Holly Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Koenig Fuel and Supply Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Maceday Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Waterford Sanitary Landfill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Oakland County

Storms near this place

3 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Andersonville in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2021: 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2021Thunderstorm WindAndersonville-Numerous trees reported down across Indian Springs Metropark.
August 2017HailAndersonville-Nickel size hail observed at NWS White Lake office.
April 2010HailAndersonville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oakland 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
Springfield1.7 miles21
Jossman Acres2.7 miles13
Davisburg3.0 miles17
Clarkston3.9 miles21
Austin Corners4.1 miles17
White Lake4.2 miles18
Waterford5.1 miles21
Seven Harbors5.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 620113. 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.