Gordonville, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Mount Haley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48640. The Survey maps it on the Gordonville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1934 USGS Sanford quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Sanford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Gordonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Midland quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
69 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Gordonville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 90 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 August 2001 | Fireworks | 2.1 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2001 | Fireworks | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.4 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOMER TOWNSHIP FD 0000183 - 2018 |
| 14 June 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MIDLAND 19 |
| 8 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LEE TOWNSHIP FD 212 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gordonville in 6 storm reports between 2004 and 2021: 3 hail, 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gordonville | - | A tree was reported down. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gordonville | - | Numerous power lines down. |
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gordonville | - | Tree reported down. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Gordonville | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Gordonville | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Gordonville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Dice Corners | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Olson | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Saint Elmo | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Teeterville | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Porter | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Ryan | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Bullock Creek | 6.5 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617591. 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.
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.







