Campbells Corners, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in West Branch Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48661. It stands on Little Klacking Creek. The Survey maps it on the West Branch quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1954 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS West Branch quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Houghton Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
41 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Campbells Corners between 1992 and 2020, burning about 166 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 5.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 August 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 July 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 July 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 June 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OGEMAW 24 - CRYSTAL RD. |
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 Campbells Corners: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glancy Ogemaw County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ogemaw County No 1 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Steen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| West Branch Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Campbells Corners in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2018: 2 hail, 2 tornado. 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 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Campbells Corners | $75,000 | The tornado touched down near intersection of M-33 and Sage Lake Road, and lifted about a mile to the northeast. Several farms and residences suffered roof damage, some outbuildings were also damaged, and a number of trees and large limbs were downed. |
| August 2018 | Tornado (EF1) | Campbells Corners | $65,000 | A brief tornado with maximum winds of 100 mph touched down 4 miles northeast of West Branch, crossing Mud Lake Road. Damage was mostly confined to two homes on the east side of Mud Lake Road. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Campbells Corners | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Campbells Corners | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selkirk | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| West Branch | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Fayettes Corner | 7.0 miles | 11 | |
| Camp Lu Lay Lea | 7.5 miles | 10 | |
| Rose City | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Ogemaw Springs | 7.8 miles | 10 | |
| Elbow Lake | 8.9 miles | 9 | |
| Greenwood | 9.5 miles | 9 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q21551191 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 622670. 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.




