East Leroy, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Leroy Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49051. The Survey maps it on the East Leroy quadrangle. It stands 915 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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 Union City quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Union City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Union City 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
- 1982 USGS East Leroy quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Kalamazoo quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of East Leroy between 2012 and 2020, burning about 9 acres in total. 1 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 | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 July 2012 | Natural | 3.1 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CALHOUN 01 |
| 27 June 2019 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEWTON TOWNSHIP FD 00088 - 2019 |
| 6 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ATHENS TOWNSHIP FD 0000080 - 2018 |
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ATHENS TOWNSHIP FD 0000078 - 2018 |
| 22 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEWTON TOWNSHIP FD 00063 - 2019 |
| 20 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ATHENS TOWNSHIP FD 60 - 2020 |
| 22 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ATHENS TOWNSHIP FD 0000049 - 2018 |
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 East Leroy: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Miller & Sons Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Leroy in 5 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Leroy | $200,000 | An NWS storm survey determined that there was an 8.5 mile long path of tree damage. Thunderstorm winds likely originated from a surging rear-flank downdraft associated with a mesocyclone embedded within a multicell storm line. Tree damage in the form of uproots and a mix of healthy and unhealthy snaps were common along the path. Most of the path length had EF-0 type of damage. In small sections of the path, damage was more in line with EF-1 estimated wind speeds in the form of several dozen trees snapped or uprooted. The worst damage was along M Drive S and K Drive S, near 10 Mile Road. Damage to property was relatively minor and ground surveys and tours of homes and farms with the property owners revealed no sign of debris deposited down the path into fields. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Leroy | $40,000 | Law enforcement reported that many trees were blown down in Leroy and Emmett townships. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Leroy | $15,000 | An emergency manager reported numerous trees blown down one mile west of East Leroy. |
| April 2017 | Hail | East Leroy | - | Hail up to one inch in diameter was reported in East Leroy. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Leroy | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs. Winds estimated up to 50 mph. Nearly two inches of rain fell over western Calhoun County, causing extensive street flooding and stalling cars in underpasses. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joppa | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Pine Creek | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Sonoma | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| West Leroy | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Athens | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Stanley Corners | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Old Mill Gardens | 7.1 miles | 18 | |
| Beadle Lake | 7.9 miles | 18 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on East Leroy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5328824 | 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 625226. 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.







