Banfield, Michigan
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Johnstown Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49017. The Survey maps it on the Banfield quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1918 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1944 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Banfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Banfield quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Kalamazoo quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
18 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Banfield between 2003 and 2020, burning about 106 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BEDFORD TOWNSHIP FD 00250 - 2019 |
| 9 April 2019 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | JOHNSTOWN FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION 0000097 - 2019 |
| 8 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | AUGUSTA-ROSS TWP FD 0000073 - 2019 |
| 6 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BARRY 01 |
| 25 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | AUGUSTA-ROSS TWP FD 0000085 - 2019 |
| 21 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HICKORY CORNERS FD 0000057 - 2019 |
| 5 March 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BEDFORD TOWNSHIP FD 00051 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Banfield: 1 past producer. None of them 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rieth-Riley Construction Co Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Banfield in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Banfield | $25,000 | Several large trees and tree limbs were blown down. |
| August 2001 | Hail | Banfield | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Banfield | - | Tree damage on the south side of Fine Lake. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Banfield | - | Multiple trees down and snapped along Baseline Road. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Banfield | - | One boat flipped on Fine Lake. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Banfield | - | A trained spotter reported one inch diameter hail in Banfield. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Banfield | - | A trained weather spotter reported golfball-sized hail covered the ground 2 to 3 inches deep in Banfield. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vickery Landing | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Cedar Creek | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Dowling | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Hickory Corners | 4.9 miles | 19 | |
| Lacey | 5.6 miles | 19 | |
| Delton | 6.8 miles | 19 | |
| Woodlawn Beach | 7.4 miles | 19 | |
| Cloverdale | 7.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 620543. 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.









