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Burnside, Michigan

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Burnside Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48416. The Survey maps it on the Burnside quadrangle.

Burnside within Lapeer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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.

Fires near this place

11 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Burnside between 2006 and 2020, burning about 9 acres in total. None 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/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
20 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBROWN CITY AREA FD 0000106 - 2019
2 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGOODLAND TOWNSHIP FD 0000035 - 2019
4 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSPEAKER TOWNSHIP FD 0000017 - 2018
12 May 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLAPEER 01
1 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBROWN CITY AREA FD 0000032 - 2018
4 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBURLINGTON TOWNSHIP FD 1519021 - 2019
8 March 2020Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBROWN CITY AREA FD 0000018 - 2020
29 March 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lapeer County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Burnside: 2 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lapeer County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
St Clair County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Lapeer County

Storms near this place

4 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burnside in 4 storm reports between 2006 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2006LightningBurnside$400,000A local newspaper reported that lightning set a barn on fire, causing extensive damage. The barn was 60 by 170 feet located at the Muxlow Dairy Farm on Wilcoz Rd. Officials on the scene estimated total damages at $400K, including the barn, two tractors, a skid steer, and 2,500 bales of hay and straw. No people or livestock were injured.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindBurnside$7,500Law enforcement reported a roof blown off shed with wind gusts estimated to 60 MPH.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindBurnside-Close to two dozen large trees reported down. Some trees fell onto a home and vehicle. .
August 2006Thunderstorm WindBurnside-Central dispatch reported trees blown down in Burnside Township.

Every storm recorded in Lapeer 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
North Branch6.5 miles10
Kings Mill6.9 miles10
Goodland8.0 miles10
Lum8.6 miles10
Clifford9.0 miles9
Five Lakes9.4 miles10
Barnes Lake12.1 miles10
Imlay City12.8 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 622305. 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.