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Eastlawn, Michigan

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Ypsilanti Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48198. The Survey maps it on the Ypsilanti East quadrangle.

Eastlawn within Washtenaw County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 20 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

14 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Eastlawn between 2018 and 2020, burning about 14 acres in total. None 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/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1

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
3 August 2019Smoking1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesVAN BUREN TOWNSHIP FD 0001606 - 2019
13 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesYPSILANTI TOWNSHIP FD 0002536 - 2018
1 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSUMPTER TOWNSHIP FD 396 - 2019
26 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSUPERIOR TOWNSHIP FD 0000516 - 2019
10 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP DPS 2000626 - 2020
2 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesYPSILANTI TOWNSHIP FD 0001609 - 2018
1 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesYPSILANTI FD 0000768 - 2018
23 April 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSUPERIOR TOWNSHIP FD 0811680 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washtenaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Eastlawn: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Paint Creek Clay DepositFire Clay (Refractory)Prospect
Berlin Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kruse Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Liberty Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Washtenaw County

Storms near this place

6 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eastlawn in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
March 2025Thunderstorm WindEastlawn$1,000Wires reported down with a pole on fire.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindEastlawn-Wind speed measured by a spotter anemometer.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindEastlawn-A large tree was blown down on powerlines.
February 2024HailEastlawn-no account filed
June 2023HailEastlawn-no account filed
June 2016HailEastlawn-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washtenaw 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
Ypsilanti1.4 miles20
Willow Run1.7 miles24
Rawsonville2.4 miles20
Superior3.2 miles22
Geddes4.7 miles22
Paint Creek5.4 miles20
Lincoln5.4 miles20
Willis5.6 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 625291. 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.