BlockFarmington Acres, Michigan
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Farmington Hills City. It lies in ZIP code area 48335. The Survey maps it on the Northville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 20 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.
- 1905 USGS Plymouth quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Wayne quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1912 USGS Wayne quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Northville quadrangle1:31680
- 1945 USGS Northville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Northville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Northville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
29 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Farmington Acres between 2010 and 2020, burning about 26 acres in total. 3 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 | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FARMINGTON HILLS FD 0007167 - 2019 |
| 16 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LIVONIA FIRE/RESCUE 0007106 - 2019 |
| 10 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LIVONIA FIRE/RESCUE 0006927 - 2019 |
| 2 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTHFIELD FD 0007405 - 2019 |
| 19 July 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LIVONIA FIRE/RESCUE 0006169 - 2019 |
| 11 July 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LIVONIA FIRE/RESCUE 5920 - 2018 |
| 10 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTHVILLE TOWNSHIP FD 0001757 - 2018 |
| 1 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FARMINGTON HILLS FD 0004998 - 2019 |
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 Farmington Acres: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightweight Aggregate Corp Pit | Clay | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farmington | 1.4 miles | 20 | |
| Clarenceville | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Farmington Hills | 2.8 miles | 20 | |
| Quakertown | 2.9 miles | 20 | |
| Briarwood Senior Housing | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Wood Creek Farms | 5.3 miles | 21 | |
| Novi | 5.4 miles | 20 | |
| North Farmington | 5.7 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 625838. 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.