BlockDelta Mills, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Delta Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48906. It stands on Carrier Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wacousta 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.
- 1927 USGS De Witt quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Wacousta quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Lansing quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
38 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Delta Mills between 1995 and 2019, burning about 36 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLINTON 01 - TURNER MUCK FIRE |
| 18 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LANSING FD 0016391 - 2019 |
| 19 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LANSING FD 0014406 - 2019 |
| 10 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DELTA TOWNSHIP FD 1910689 - 2019 |
| 9 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LANSING FD 0011507 - 2018 |
| 6 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DELTA TOWNSHIP FD 1826769 - 2018 |
| 4 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DELTA TOWNSHIP FD 1826744 - 2018 |
| 27 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAND LEDGE FD 0002379 - 2019 |
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 Delta Mills: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pryor Brothers, Inc. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waverly | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Bretton Woods | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Delta Center | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Millett | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Grand Ledge | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Oneida Center | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Whaley Drain | 7.9 miles | 14 | |
| Dimondale | 8.2 miles | 14 |
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 Q122567027 | 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 624537. 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.