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Eastmont, Michigan

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Grand Rapids Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49546. The Survey maps it on the Grand Rapids East quadrangle.

Eastmont within Kent County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

57 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Eastmont between 2018 and 2020, burning about 57 acres in total. 7 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
Equipment and vehicle use28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Natural7
Debris and open burning3
Smoking2

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
4 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGRAND RAPIDS FD 0016378 - 2019
5 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGRAND RAPIDS FD 0013282 - 2018
23 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGRAND RAPIDS FD 0014440 - 2018
9 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGRAND RAPIDS FD 0011622 - 2018
9 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGRAND RAPIDS FD 0011625 - 2018
6 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesKENTWOOD FD 02390 - 2018
4 July 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGRAND RAPIDS FD 0011276 - 2018
3 July 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGRAND RAPIDS FD 0012053 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kent County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Eastmont: 6 producers, 3 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, 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
Grand Rap Clay Prod Co Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Kentwood MineGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Kentwood MineGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer1999
Ponce De Leon Water Co Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Chadwick Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Great Lakes PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Katz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pickett and Schreur Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pickett and Schreur Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Kent County

Storms near this place

4 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eastmont in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 2 flood, 1 hail, 1 lightning. 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
September 2010LightningEastmont$500,000Local fire departments reported that around a dozen house fires were produced by lightning from Ada south to Caledonia.
October 2019FloodEastmont$10,000Reeds Lake boulevard was flooded in two low lying spots between Manhattan road and the outlet to the east and the bike path was also flooded. Balyeat field in Sparta was inundated with water when Nash Creek flowed out of it's banks.
March 2026FloodEastmont-Standing water on the road in Front Home at Bel-Air and Kent Blvd.
June 2008HailEastmont-An NWS employee reported one inch diameter hail two miles west of Ada.

Every storm recorded in Kent 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
East Paris2.9 miles16
East Grand Rapids3.0 miles16
Forest Hills3.6 miles13
Ada3.6 miles13
Cascade4.1 miles13
Grand Rapids6.0 miles17
Chauncey6.8 miles16
Northview6.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 625295. 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.