Bakersville, Michigan

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Lee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49450. The Survey maps it on the Pullman quadrangle.

Bakersville within Allegan 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.

1927 USGS Bangor quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1931 USGS Bangor quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1943 USGS Bangor quadrangle1:62500
1958 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1962 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

52 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Bakersville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 148 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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 burning	16
Equipment and vehicle use	15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Natural	3
Arson/incendiarism	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Smoking	1

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
16 September 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	CLYDE TOWNSHIP FD 0000076 - 2018
14 August 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	ALLEGAN 02
24 July 1993	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
14 July 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	GANGES TOWNSHIP FD 0000182 - 2019
8 May 1992	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
6 May 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	LEE TOWNSHIP FD 0000055 - 2018
6 May 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	LEE TOWNSHIP FD 0000059 - 2018
6 May 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	ALLEGAN 03

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Allegan County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bakersville: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Belden Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Smith-Belden # 8 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Wedge Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Allegan 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Sherman Park	0.7 miles	11
Pullman	1.2 miles	11
Bravo	2.0 miles	14
Lee	2.9 miles	11
Pearl	3.8 miles	14
Chicora	5.2 miles	13
Spring Grove	5.3 miles	14
Leisure	5.4 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 620492. 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.