BlockBowens Mill, Michigan
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Yankee Springs Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49333. The Survey maps it on the Bowens Mill quadrangle.
On record in Bowens Mill
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 1 record
- Chief Noonday Group Camp Historic Districtlisted 1996
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Wayland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Bowens Mill quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
40 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Bowens Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 77 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BARRY 07 |
| 13 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 August 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.3 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BARRY 06 - PAYNE LAKE RD. |
| 10 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bowens Mill: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Co Pit Yerington Const | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bohn Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cole Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middleville | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Irving | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Circle Pine Center | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Parmelee | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Orangeville | 7.2 miles | 9 | |
| Podunk | 9.0 miles | 12 | |
| Cloverdale | 10.3 miles | 13 | |
| Schultz | 10.4 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 621798. 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.