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Grand View, Michigan

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1986. It lies in ZIP code area 48145. It stands on Sulphur Creek. The Survey maps it on the Erie quadrangle.

Grand View within Monroe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

15 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Grand View between 2013 and 2020, burning about 22 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/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural2
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
18 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMONROE DIVISION OF PUBLIC SAFETY 0002859 - 2019
22 August 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLUNA PIER FD 129 - 2020
11 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMONROE TOWNSHIP VFD 1324 - 2019
10 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLUNA PIER FD 121 - 2020
30 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMONROE TOWNSHIP VFD 1179 - 2018
28 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLASALLE TOWNSHIP VFD 0000267 - 2019
15 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMONROE TOWNSHIP VFD 1129 - 2020
7 June 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLUNA PIER FD 80 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Grand View: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Scotfield Tile Co Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Monroe QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Turtle Lake PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Monroe 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
North Shores0.5 miles18
Avalon Beach1.2 miles18
Bolles Harbor2.0 miles18
La Salle3.2 miles18
Luna Pier3.2 miles18
South Monroe3.8 miles17
Hillcrest Orchard4.0 miles18
Evergreen Acres4.7 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 627117. 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.