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Doster, Michigan

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Prairieville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49080. The Survey maps it on the Kalamazoo NE quadrangle.

Doster within Barry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

20 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Doster between 2003 and 2020, burning about 35 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning3
Natural3

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
11 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesRICHLAND TOWNSHIP FD 231 - 2020
7 June 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP VFD 0000158 - 2019
2 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGUN PLAIN CHARTER TWP FD 0000049 - 2018
12 May 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP VFD 0000129 - 2019
3 April 2003Debris and open burning2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 April 2018Natural3.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP-PINE LAKE FD 0000100 - 2018
22 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesRICHLAND TOWNSHIP FD 140 - 2019
21 April 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesRICHLAND TOWNSHIP FD 125 - 2020

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barry 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 Doster: 1 prospect. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
W.Douglas Sand ExposureSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect

Every working recorded in Barry County

Storms near this place

3 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Doster in 3 storm reports between 2006 and 2026: 2 tornado, 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2008Tornado (EF1)Doster$100,000A National Weather Service storm survey determined that the EF-1 tornado that touched down just southwest of 388 3rd Street in the southeast corner of Allegan county continued northeast into Barry county. The tornado knocked down numerous trees near Pine Lake, southwest of Prairieville.
September 2006HailDoster$15,000The public reported three quarters inch diameter hail three miles east of Doster.
April 2026Tornado (EF0)Doster-This tornado was a continuation of a tornado that touched down in Allegan County. This tornado crossed into Barry County near the intersection of Doster Road and Heron Ct. Widespread tree damage occurred along the tornado path. Several large barns were heavily damaged and multiple homes and businesses lost roofing material or were |damaged by fallen trees.

Every storm recorded in Barry 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
Cressey4.5 miles19
Prairieville5.3 miles13
Orangeville6.1 miles9
Stony Point6.5 miles19
Turners Corner6.7 miles19
Woodlawn Beach7.2 miles19
Delton7.5 miles19
Circle Pine Center8.6 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617529. 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.