Castle Park, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Laketown Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49423. It lies near Baldy. The Survey maps it on the Saugatuck quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1928 USGS Fennville quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1931 USGS Fennville quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Saugatuck quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Holland quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
16 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Castle Park between 2007 and 2020, burning about 31 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAAFSCHAP FD 2018470 - 2018 |
| 16 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAAFSCHAP FD 2019424 - 2019 |
| 7 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.4 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALLEGAN #8 |
| 11 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PARK TOWNSHIP FD 0000090 - 2018 |
| 6 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOLLAND FD 0001314 - 2018 |
| 3 April 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAAFSCHAP FD 2019155 - 2019 |
| 28 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.8 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALLEGAN 02 |
| 1 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOLLAND FD 191464 - 2019 |
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 Castle Park: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laketown Site | Silica | Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
4 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Castle Park in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2008: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. The reports record 2 deaths. 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 | Flash Flood | Castle Park | 2 killed, $2,000,000 | At 3 a.m. EST June 8th, two people drowned when they were delivering newspapers and their car plunged into a fifty foot ravine created by a washed out road. A presidential disaster declaration was issued for Allegan county due to extensive flash flooding. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Castle Park | $3,000 | A tree and power line was blown down near 140th avenue and 65th streets. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Castle Park | $1,000 | One tree was blown down by wind gusts estimated at 60 mph. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Castle Park | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gibson | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Graafschap | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Singapore (historical) | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Oxbow | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Old Saugatuck | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Saugatuck | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Shorewood | 6.8 miles | 15 | |
| Beachmont | 7.1 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 622867. 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.





