BlockColonville, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Sheridan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48617. It stands on Sanford Creek. The Survey maps it on the Loomis 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.
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Loomis quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Midland quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
38 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Colonville between 1996 and 2020, burning about 201 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 August 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 July 2001 | Fireworks | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 June 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ISABELLA 03 |
| 7 May 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLARE FD 0000075 - 2018 |
| 5 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLARE 13 |
| 5 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Colonville: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hubscher and Sons Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Shively Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122570781 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617497. 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.