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Casnovia, Michigan

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1986. It lies in ZIP code area 49318. The Survey maps it on the Casnovia quadrangle.

Casnovia within Kent County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

18 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Casnovia between 2015 and 2020, burning about 50 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 use11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
7 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCHESTER TOWNSHIP FD 0000070 - 2018
13 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesKENT CITY-TYRONE TWP FD 0000197 - 2018
3 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined16 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesKENT 03
15 May 2019Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesKENT CITY-TYRONE TWP FD 0000133 - 2019
15 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSPARTA FD 336 - 2019
6 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSPARTA FD 228 - 2019
29 April 2018Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCHESTER TOWNSHIP FD 0000048 - 2018
18 April 2015Arson/incendiarism6.6 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesKENT 01

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kent 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 Casnovia: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Miller PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ottawa County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Kent City2.3 miles13
Lisbon6.0 miles13
Sparta6.6 miles15
Fruit Ridge Center8.1 miles14
Ballards Corners9.2 miles16
Solon Center9.5 miles15
Englishville9.7 miles16
Alpine12.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 622844. 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.