Ensley Center, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Ensley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49343. The Survey maps it on the Sand Lake 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.
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Sand Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Sand Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
42 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Ensley Center between 1994 and 2020, burning about 248 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ASHLAND-GRANT FIRE DISTRICT 257 - 2020 |
| 5 July 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEWAYGO 05 |
| 26 July 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CROTON TOWNSHIP FD 116 - 2020 |
| 22 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ASHLAND-GRANT FIRE DISTRICT 256 - 2019 |
| 13 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAND LAKE FD 0000239 - 2019 |
| 6 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | CREE |
| 5 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | 4.7 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | M-82 |
| 4 May 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | PINE GROVE |
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 Ensley Center: 1 producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cousineau Gravel, Inc. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ensley Center in 7 storm reports between 1993 and 2008: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Lightning | Ensley Center | $100,000 | A lightning strike resulted in a gas well fire in Ensley Center. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ensley Center | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ensley Center | $5,000 | Law enforcement reported two trees blown down. |
| January 2008 | Hail | Ensley Center | - | Three quarters inch diameter hail was reported by a trained spotter two miles west of Ensley Center. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ensley Center | - | A trained spotter reported that many trees were blown down around the intersection of Peach and 120th avenues by a wind gust estimated at 61 knots. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ensley Center | - | Trained spotters reported that estimated wind gusts to 70 mph blew down many trees around the intersection of Peach and 120th. |
| August 1993 | Hail | Ensley Center | - | Three-quarter-inch hail was reported south of Ensley Center to the Kent County border. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tift Corner | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Sun | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Croton | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Riverview | 7.8 miles | 12 | |
| Croton Heights | 8.2 miles | 12 | |
| Grant | 10.0 miles | 12 | |
| Oxbow | 10.0 miles | 12 | |
| Ashland | 10.2 miles | 12 |
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 Q122554735 | 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 625613. 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.







