Cannonsburg, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cannon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49341. The Survey maps it on the Cannonsburg quadrangle. 203 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 771 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Cannonsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
28 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Cannonsburg between 1994 and 2020, burning about 37 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CANNON TOWNSHIP FD 518 - 2020 |
| 23 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CANNON TOWNSHIP FD 0000526 - 2019 |
| 20 August 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CANNON TOWNSHIP FD 458 - 2020 |
| 6 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LOWELL AREA FD 472 - 2018 |
| 28 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CANNON TOWNSHIP FD 0000300 - 2018 |
| 17 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | COURTLAND FD 0000192 - 2018 |
| 7 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CANNON TOWNSHIP FD 0000191 - 2018 |
| 13 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CANNON TOWNSHIP FD 257 - 2020 |
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 Cannonsburg: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northeast Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cannonsburg in 2 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cannonsburg | $50,000 | Several large trees were blown down. |
| December 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cannonsburg | - | A trained spotter in Cannonsburg reported power failure and that a gas grill was blown over. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bostwick Lake | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Parnell | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Chauncey | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Grattan | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Moseley | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Forest Hills | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| Rockford | 6.6 miles | 16 | |
| Alton | 6.8 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Cannonsburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5032850 | 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 622692. 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.






