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Friendsville, Michigan

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Bangor Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49043. The Survey maps it on the McDonald quadrangle.

Friendsville within Van Buren County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

22 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Friendsville between 2003 and 2020, burning about 43 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/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural1

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
20 September 2003Recreation and ceremony6.2 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBANGOR COMMUNITY FD 285 - 2019
9 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCOVERT FD 200166 - 2020
8 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCOVERT FD 0000169 - 2018
7 May 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCOVERT FD 0000166 - 2018
7 May 2018Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCOVERT FD 0000167 - 2018
30 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCOVERT FD 0000213 - 2018
1 May 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHARTFORD FD 145 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Van Buren County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Friendsville: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silica. 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
Austin SiteSilicaPast ProducerSedimentary
Busse SiteSilicaProducerSedimentary
Garlanger SiteSilicaPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Van Buren 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
West Bangor2.0 miles11
Covert2.3 miles11
Jericho Corners2.8 miles11
Toquin3.5 miles11
McDonald4.6 miles11
Maple Grove Corners4.8 miles11
Palisades Park5.2 miles11
Crystal Beach5.2 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 626501. 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.