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Glengary, Michigan

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Commerce Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48390. The Survey maps it on the Milford quadrangle.

Glengary within Oakland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

21 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Glengary between 1992 and 2020, burning about 104 acres in total. None 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/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 August 2019Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWALLED LAKE FD 0000573 - 2019
6 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCOMMERCE TOWNSHIP FD 192011 - 2019
31 August 2019Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNOVI FD 0005330 - 2019
30 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWALLED LAKE FD 0000644 - 2019
4 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWIXOM FD 0000653 - 2020
26 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCOMMERCE TOWNSHIP FD 191895 - 2019
2 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNOVI FD 0003788 - 2018
13 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCOMMERCE TOWNSHIP FD 191747 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oakland County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Glengary: 6 producers. All of them 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fyke PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lake Shore PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Molesworth Oakland County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Portable Aggregates PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rose PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sleeth Rd PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Oakland 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
Oakley Park0.5 miles22
Wolverine Lake1.7 miles22
Commerce1.9 miles22
Walled Lake2.2 miles22
Wixom3.3 miles19
Union Lake4.6 miles22
Westacres4.8 miles22
Milford5.4 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 626883. 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.