Corinth, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Byron Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49315. It lies near Dias Hill. The Survey maps it on the Cutlerville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1914 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Cutlerville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
31 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Corinth between 1996 and 2020, burning about 92 acres in total. 1 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 | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BYRON TOWNSHIP FD 878 - 2020 |
| 12 September 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BYRON TOWNSHIP FD 857 - 2020 |
| 13 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DORR TOWNSHIP FD 0000107 - 2018 |
| 5 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GAINES TOWNSHIP/DUTTON FD 336 - 2018 |
| 25 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BYRON TOWNSHIP FD 665 - 2019 |
| 20 July 2019 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BYRON TOWNSHIP FD 639 - 2019 |
| 19 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CUTLERVILLE FD 857 - 2020 |
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 Corinth: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Sand | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
2 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Corinth in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2025: 2 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Corinth | $75,000 | A very small, brief, and weak tornado touched down in the Preservation Lakes subdivision in southern Kent county just south of Cutlerville and east of Byron Center in Gaines Township, causing damage to 6 to 12 homes. The NWS in Grand Rapids surveyed the damage. The most notable damage was a small portion of a roof torn off one home, some siding stripped off two homes, and a partially pushed in garage door. Security camera/doorbell video revealed that objects were lofted and carried through the air. At least two vehicles sustained damage from being struck by flying debris such as lawn chairs. |
| March 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Corinth | - | Damage path began near 100th and eastern and moved northeast before lifting east of Hanna Lake Avenue south of 84th street. Significant tree damage and a couple of outbuildings were damaged along the path. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Carlisle | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Byron Center | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Cutlerville | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| North Dorr | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| North Byron | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Dutton | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Kentwood | 6.1 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 623834. 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.






