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Carlisle, Michigan

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Byron Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49315. It stands on Sharps Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cutlerville quadrangle.

Carlisle within Kent County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

50 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Carlisle between 2018 and 2020, burning about 50 acres in total. 4 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 use24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Debris and open burning1

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
19 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBYRON TOWNSHIP FD 878 - 2020
12 September 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBYRON TOWNSHIP FD 857 - 2020
5 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWYOMING FD 194072 - 2019
5 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWYOMING FD 0003855 - 2018
22 August 2020Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBYRON TOWNSHIP FD 784 - 2020
19 August 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGAINES TOWNSHIP/DUTTON FD 397 - 2018
14 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWYOMING FD 194222 - 2019
10 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWYOMING FD 0003957 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kent County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Carlisle: 1 producer. 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
Byron SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Kent 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
Cutlerville1.4 miles15
Byron Center2.3 miles15
North Byron2.9 miles15
Ross3.1 miles15
Corinth3.2 miles15
Kentwood3.6 miles15
Dutton5.3 miles15
North Dorr5.8 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 622723. 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.