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Genesee, Michigan

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Genesee Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48437. It stands on Butternut Creek. The Survey maps it on the Davison quadrangle.

Genesee within Genesee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Genesee between 2018 and 2020, burning about 25 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural4
Debris and open burning2

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
21 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGENESEE TWP FIRE STATION #1 0000200 - 2019
4 August 2018Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGENESEE TWP FIRE STATION #1 0000163 - 2018
15 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDAVISON-RICHFIELD AREA FD 425 - 2020
30 July 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCLIO AREA FD 155 - 2020
3 July 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCLIO AREA FD 138 - 2020
3 July 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMT MORRIS TWP CENTRAL FD 0000229 - 2018
26 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesFOREST TOWNSHIP FD 87 - 2020
12 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGENESEE TWP FIRE STATION #1 0000133 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Genesee County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Genesee: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ferguson Excavating Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kurtz Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kurtz Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mathews Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Genesee County

Storms near this place

6 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Genesee in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1998Thunderstorm WindGenesee$5,000no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindGenesee$2,000no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindGenesee-A large tree branch and power line were reported down.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindGenesee-A trained spotter estimated the wind gusts at 60 MPH.
May 2004HailGenesee-no account filed
July 2004HailGenesee-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Genesee 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
Rogersville2.3 miles16
Russellville3.5 miles16
Mount Morris4.1 miles16
McGrew Junction4.3 miles16
Beecher4.3 miles16
Thetford Center4.8 miles16
Richfield Center5.4 miles16
Belsay6.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 626714. 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.