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Glendora, Michigan

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Weesaw Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49107. It stands on Judy Lake Drain. The Survey maps it on the Baroda quadrangle.

Glendora within Berrien County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

12 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Glendora between 2018 and 2020, burning about 16 acres in total. None 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
Equipment and vehicle use5
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
7 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCHIKAMING FD 335 - 2019
22 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWEESAW TOWNSHIP FD 18-0039 - 2018
11 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWEESAW TOWNSHIP FD 18-0024 - 2018
19 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWEESAW TOWNSHIP FD 20-0023 - 2020
3 April 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWEESAW TOWNSHIP FD 20-0011 - 2020
25 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBUCHANAN TOWNSHIP FD 28 - 2018
26 March 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWEESAW TOWNSHIP FD 18-0009 - 2018
21 March 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWEESAW TOWNSHIP FD 20-0010 - 2020

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Berrien 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 Glendora: 3 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed Clay ProspectClayProspect
Haof No 1 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Harroff Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Naoff No 2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Berrien County

Storms near this place

1 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glendora in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
October 2012Thunderstorm WindGlendora-The county dispatch center reported a large tree was blown down by thunderstorm winds.

Every storm recorded in Berrien 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
Hills Corners0.6 miles15
Snow2.7 miles15
New Troy3.4 miles14
Baroda5.0 miles15
Baroda Estates5.2 miles15
Sawyer5.4 miles14
Bridgman5.5 miles14
Galien6.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 626881. 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.