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Curtis, Michigan

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Edenville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48618. The Survey maps it on the Edenville quadrangle.

Curtis within Midland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

44 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Curtis between 1994 and 2020, burning about 222 acres in total. None 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 burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMIDLAND 08
27 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMIDLAND 15
10 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMIDLAND 13
8 August 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 August 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 July 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 July 2007Equipment and vehicle use2.7 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMIDLAND 05 - TOBACCO RIDGE RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Midland County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Curtis: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Pohl Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Midland 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
Alamando4.5 miles15
Edenville5.5 miles11
Wrights (historical)5.9 miles11
Coleman6.1 miles11
North Bradley6.1 miles13
Francis Grove7.4 miles13
Hope8.2 miles10
Sanford10.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 624227. 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.