Birdsall, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Raisin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49221. It stands on Harkness Drain. The Survey maps it on the Adrian quadrangle.
On record in Birdsall
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Raisin Valley Friends Meetinghouselisted 1982 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
30 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Birdsall between 2006 and 2020, burning about 29 acres in total. 9 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 | 16 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ADRIAN CITY FD 0003409 - 2019 |
| 29 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ADRIAN CITY FD 0003644 - 2019 |
| 27 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ADRIAN CITY FD 0003122 - 2019 |
| 24 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TECUMSEH FD 676 - 2020 |
| 6 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ADRIAN TOWNSHIP FD 0000389 - 2018 |
| 23 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TECUMSEH FD 579 - 2020 |
| 23 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RAISIN TOWNSHIP FD 0000326 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Birdsall: 4 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Brady Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Burkett Construction Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Tecumseh Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Birdsall in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2015: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Birdsall | $50,000 | Numerous trees, large branches, and power lines reported down. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Birdsall | $10,000 | Trees reported down. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Birdsall | $5,000 | Trees reported down. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Birdsall | $4,000 | Trees reported down, along with wires and power pole. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Birdsall | - | Trees and power lines reported down. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Birdsall | - | Trees reported blown down. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Birdsall | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raisin Center | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Adrian | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Friendly Village of Adrian | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Holloway | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Lenawee Junction | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Tecumseh | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Madison Center | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Tipton | 6.0 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 621441. 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.




