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Chauncey, Michigan

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cannon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49306. It stands on Waddell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rockford quadrangle.

Chauncey within Kent County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

35 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Chauncey between 1994 and 2020, burning about 52 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural3
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
25 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCANNON TOWNSHIP FD 518 - 2020
20 August 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCANNON TOWNSHIP FD 458 - 2020
9 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPLAINFIELD FD 1602 - 2018
9 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPLAINFIELD FD 1598 - 2018
7 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPLAINFIELD FD 1584 - 2018
29 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPLAINFIELD FD 1777 - 2018
28 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCANNON TOWNSHIP FD 0000300 - 2018
7 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCANNON TOWNSHIP FD 0000191 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kent County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Chauncey: 9 producers, 1 past producer. 9 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
Bird PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Coit Avenue Gravel & Aggregate PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dredge OperationsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Grand Rapids Gravel CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Northeast Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Petersen Gravel & Excavating PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Petersen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pickett and Schreur Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pickett and Schreur Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pickett and Schreur Inc. 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
Northview2.7 miles16
Belmont3.6 miles16
Childsdale4.1 miles16
Cannonsburg4.3 miles10
Rockford4.8 miles16
Bostwick Lake5.8 miles10
Comstock Park6.4 miles16
Eastmont6.8 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617485. 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.