BlockCanada Shores, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Kinderhook Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49036. It lies near Iyopawa Island. The Survey maps it on the California quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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
- 1960 USGS California quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Canada Shores between 2002 and 2020, burning about 166 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | QUINCY FD 169 - 2019 |
| 9 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAKELAND VFD 0019114 - 2019 |
| 11 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAKELAND VFD 0019115 - 2019 |
| 14 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAKELAND VFD 0019086 - 2019 |
| 8 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAKELAND VFD 0019043 - 2019 |
| 6 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAKELAND VFD 0020046 - 2020 |
| 27 April 2018 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | QUINCY FD 56 - 2018 |
| 21 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 154 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRANCH 0001 |
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 Canada Shores: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harmon Marl Quarry | Limestone, General | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sans Souci Beach | 1.6 miles | 10 | |
| Pearl Beach | 1.7 miles | 10 | |
| Crystal Beach | 2.1 miles | 10 | |
| Kinderhook | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| California | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Algansee | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| West Kinderhook | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Ray | 5.8 miles | 11 |
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 Q122541173 | 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 622680. 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.