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Fourmile Lake, Michigan

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Lima Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48118. The Survey maps it on the Dexter quadrangle.

Fourmile Lake within Washtenaw County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

18 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Fourmile Lake between 2014 and 2020, burning about 39 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural2
Debris and open burning1

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
24 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDEXTER AREA FD 0000695 - 2018
8 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSCIO TOWNSHIP FD 19500 - 2019
23 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCHELSEA AREA FIRE AUTHORITY 0000624 - 2018
19 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCHELSEA AREA FIRE AUTHORITY 190721 - 2019
8 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDEXTER AREA FD 1900373 - 2019
7 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCHELSEA AREA FIRE AUTHORITY 190490 - 2019
4 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDEXTER AREA FD 1900360 - 2019
22 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCHELSEA AREA FIRE AUTHORITY 0000430 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washtenaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fourmile Lake: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Emery, 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
Detroit Abrasives Co--Chelsea, Mi.EmeryProducer
State Portland Cement Plnt Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Washtenaw 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
Lima Center2.1 miles19
Chelsea2.9 miles14
Lanewood3.0 miles14
Jerusalem3.6 miles19
Dexter4.2 miles19
Hudson Mills5.0 miles19
Guthrie5.7 miles14
Rogers Corner6.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617569. 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.