Bombay, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Mills Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48642. The Survey maps it on the Averill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1934 USGS Sanford quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Sanford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Averill quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Midland quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
42 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Bombay between 1993 and 2019, burning about 271 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 4.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MIDLAND 21 |
| 11 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 July 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | 4.7 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MIDLAND 01 |
| 3 June 1994 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LARKIN TOWNSHIP FD 0000095 - 2019 |
| 4 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.6 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MIDLAND 07 |
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 Bombay: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Brick&Tile Co Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bombay in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bombay | $3,000 | Wires reported down. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bombay | - | Multiple reports of trees and power lines down. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bombay | - | Numerous trees and power lines reported down across Midland county. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Bombay | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Bombay | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larkin | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Hope | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Averill | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| Francis Grove | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Wrights (historical) | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Edenville | 7.3 miles | 11 | |
| Sanford | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Midland | 8.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617453. 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.







