BlockFairland, Michigan
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Berrien Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49120. The Survey maps it on the Berrien Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1927 USGS Niles quadrangle1:62500
- 1930 USGS Niles quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Niles quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Berrien Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS South Bend quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Fairland between 2018 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NILES TOWNSHIP FD 2019309 - 2019 |
| 26 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EAU CLAIRE FD 97 - 2019 |
| 23 August 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EAU CLAIRE FD 76 - 2020 |
| 27 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOWARD TOWNSHIP VFD 2019238 - 2019 |
| 8 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EAU CLAIRE FD 46 - 2020 |
| 3 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NILES FD 2190291 - 2019 |
| 26 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EAU CLAIRE FD 49 - 2018 |
| 19 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BUCHANAN TOWNSHIP FD 24 - 2020 |
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 Fairland: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cass Co Pit Yerington Const | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kiell Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Three S Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Yerington Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennellwood | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| North Niles | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Berrien Center | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| River Spring Estates | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Berrien Springs | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Niles | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Eau Claire | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Buchanan | 6.5 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617551. 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.