Conklin, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Chester Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49403. The Survey maps it on the Ravenna quadrangle. It stands 712 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1945 USGS Ravenna quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Ravenna quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Conklin between 1992 and 2019, burning about 44 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 | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RAVENNA AREA FD 0000140 - 2018 |
| 19 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WRIGHT-TALLMADGE FD 0000528 - 2018 |
| 16 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RAVENNA AREA FD 0000139 - 2019 |
| 6 May 2018 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHESTER TOWNSHIP FD 0000051 - 2018 |
| 31 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 5.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RAVENNA AREA FD 0000083 - 2019 |
| 22 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHESTER TOWNSHIP FD 0000035 - 2018 |
| 19 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WRIGHT-TALLMADGE FD 0000189 - 2018 |
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 Conklin: 1 producer. All of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Conklin in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2024: 2 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wright | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Reno | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Harrisburg | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Coopersville | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Herrington | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Dennison | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Marne | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Lamont | 8.4 miles | 13 |
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 Q136348652 | 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 623697. 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.







