BlockGarfield, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Swan Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48655. The Survey maps it on the Saint Charles quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1917 USGS St. Charles quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS St. Charles quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS St. Charles quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Alma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Garfield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 23 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TRI-TOWNSHIP FD 0000161 - 2018 |
| 6 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | THOMAS TOWNSHIP FD 476 - 2019 |
| 4 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RICHLAND TOWNSHIP FD 128 - 2018 |
| 1 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TRI-TOWNSHIP FD 0000063 - 2018 |
| 8 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TRI-TOWNSHIP FD 0000055 - 2019 |
| 4 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | THOMAS TOWNSHIP FD 195 - 2019 |
| 30 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RICHLAND TOWNSHIP FD 116 - 2018 |
| 24 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TRI-TOWNSHIP FD 0000062 - 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 Garfield: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shields Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garfield in 3 storm reports in 2013: 3 hail. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orr | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Roosevelt | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Swan Creek | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Saint Charles | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Nelson | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Clausedale | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Shields | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Paines | 6.0 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617577. 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.