Gingellville, Michigan
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Orion Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48359. It lies near Mount Judah. The Survey maps it on the Pontiac North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1907 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1936 USGS Pontiac North quadrangle1:31680
- 1943 USGS Pontiac North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Pontiac North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Pontiac North quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Pontiac North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
17 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Gingellville between 2018 and 2020, burning about 16 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/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP FD 0002228 - 2019 |
| 4 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | AUBURN HILLS FD 0001651 - 2020 |
| 3 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WATERFORD TOWNSHIP FD 0006862 - 2019 |
| 27 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP FD 0001929 - 2019 |
| 26 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ORION TOWNSHIP FD 1555 - 2018 |
| 13 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WATERFORD TOWNSHIP FD 0007257 - 2019 |
| 12 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | AUBURN HILLS FD 0001629 - 2019 |
| 6 May 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP FD 0001115 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Gingellville: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajax Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bald Mt Plant No. 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Webers Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Webers Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Webers Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Angelus | 1.7 miles | 21 | |
| Clintonville | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Walters | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Lake Orion Heights | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Drayton Plains | 4.5 miles | 21 | |
| Auburn Hills | 4.6 miles | 21 | |
| Waterford | 5.2 miles | 21 | |
| Lake Orion | 5.6 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122569279 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 626847. 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.









