BlockEdgewood, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1985. It lies in ZIP code area 48662. It stands on Shad Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rathbone quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1934 USGS Merrill quadrangle1:62500
- 1937 USGS Merrill quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Rathbone quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Alma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Edgewood between 2018 and 2019, burning about 11 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 | 6 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 April 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | JONESFIELD-LAKEFIELD FD 68 - 2019 |
| 24 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TRI-TOWNSHIP FD 0000061 - 2019 |
| 22 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ITHACA FD 0000345 - 2018 |
| 2 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ASHLEY VFD 0019049 - 2019 |
| 2 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ITHACA FD 0000138 - 2019 |
| 13 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TRI-TOWNSHIP FD 0000056 - 2019 |
| 24 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ASHLEY VFD 0019041 - 2019 |
| 22 March 2018 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRECKENRIDGE-WHEELER FD 0000011 - 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 Edgewood: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C D Peet Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| P. & B. Gravel Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| P. & B. Gravel Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pit No. 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sickles | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| Rathbone | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Langport | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| North Star | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Beebe | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Ashley | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| Wheeler | 8.4 miles | 12 | |
| Breckenridge | 8.4 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617538. 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.