BlockCedar Bluff, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Casco Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49090. The Survey maps it on the Lacota quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1927 USGS Bangor quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1931 USGS Bangor quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Bangor quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Lacota quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
2,423 words on this townshipA Twentieth Century History of Allegan County, Michigan, published 1907 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Casco Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Casco Township - 2,423 words.
Fires near this place
16 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Bluff between 2018 and 2020, burning about 20 acres in total. None 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
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 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTH HAVEN AREA ESA 0001340 - 2019 |
| 14 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GANGES TOWNSHIP FD 0000135 - 2018 |
| 28 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTH HAVEN AREA ESA 0000609 - 2018 |
| 2 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTH HAVEN AREA ESA 0000500 - 2019 |
| 2 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLYDE TOWNSHIP FD 0000032 - 2019 |
| 13 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTH HAVEN AREA ESA 0000557 - 2019 |
| 10 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTH HAVEN AREA ESA 0000537 - 2019 |
| 1 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTH HAVEN AREA ESA 0000492 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cedar Bluff in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cedar Bluff | $1,000 | A bow echo raced east across Allegan county during the late morning hours, bringing down numerous trees and power lines in areas including the city of Allegan and several miles south of Holland. Radar data suggests that downed trees were likely countywide. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hollywood | 0.6 miles | 11 | |
| Glenn Haven Shores | 0.7 miles | 11 | |
| Glenn Stores | 1.0 miles | 11 | |
| Glenn Shores | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Miami Park | 1.4 miles | 11 | |
| Shorecrest | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Hawkhead | 2.3 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 622889. 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.
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.