Diamond Springs, Michigan

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Monterey Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49419. It stands on Miller Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hamilton East quadrangle.

Diamond Springs within Allegan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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.

1958 USGS Allegan quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Hamilton East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1984 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

29 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Diamond Springs between 1993 and 2020, burning about 435 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 8 were 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
Arson/incendiarism	8
Smoking	7
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Natural	3

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 August 2012	Natural	17 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	ALLEGAN 03
15 August 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	OVERISEL FD 2000087 - 2020
9 July 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	HAMILTON FD 0000225 - 2018
9 July 2018	Natural	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	SALEM TOWNSHIP FD 0000061 - 2018
11 July 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	33 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
27 June 2004	Smoking	2.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
24 June 1995	Arson/incendiarism	1.5 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
7 May 2004	Natural	34 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Allegan County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Diamond Springs: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Gerald Arnsman Marl Pit	Calcium	Past Producer
Grand Rapids Clay Shale Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Middlemiss Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Pickett and Schreur, Inc. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Zeeland Brick Co Clay Pit	Clay	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Allegan 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Bentheim	2.3 miles	10
Oakland	4.2 miles	10
Monterey Center	4.2 miles	9
Sandy Pines	4.7 miles	9
Burnips	4.7 miles	9
Dunningville	5.4 miles	9
Hamilton	5.8 miles	15
South Monterey	6.1 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 624643. 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.