BlockEast Comstock, Michigan
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Comstock Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49048. It stands on Comstock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Galesburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1918 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1944 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Kalamazoo quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
43 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of East Comstock between 2018 and 2020, burning about 43 acres in total. 6 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 | 10 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | COMSTOCK TWP FIRE/RESCUE 0001533 - 2019 |
| 19 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | KALAMAZOO DPS 0078926 - 2018 |
| 12 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RICHLAND TOWNSHIP FD 324 - 2019 |
| 31 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | COMSTOCK TWP FIRE/RESCUE 0001522 - 2019 |
| 28 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | COMSTOCK TWP FIRE/RESCUE 0001497 - 2019 |
| 26 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GALESBURG-CHARLESTON FD 260 - 2020 |
| 2 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | KALAMAZOO DPS 0006279 - 2019 |
| 6 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | COMSTOCK TWP FIRE/RESCUE 0000840 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of East Comstock: 4 producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balkema Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cole Brothers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Consumers Sand & Gravel Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Plant Number 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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.
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 Q122560848 | 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 625165. 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.