Grant Center, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Grant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49307. The Survey maps it on the Hersey quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Evart quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Evart SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Hersey quadrangle1:25000
- 1984 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
30 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Grant Center between 1992 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BIG RAPIDS TOWNSHIP FD 161 - 2020 |
| 16 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MECOSTA 06 |
| 3 June 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 June 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MECOSTA 05 - BEE HIVE |
| 6 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.8 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MECOSTA 04 - STONE CREEK |
| 22 May 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MECOSTA 03 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Grant Center: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Potassium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hershey Potash Mine | Potassium | Producer | ||
| Cousineau Gravel, Inc. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mecosta County Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Paris Pit No. 2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pogy | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Paris | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Chippewa Lake | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Big Rapids | 6.6 miles | 15 | |
| Rodney | 7.8 miles | 14 | |
| Stanwood | 13.5 miles | 14 | |
| Barryton | 13.6 miles | 12 | |
| Mecosta | 14.0 miles | 12 |
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 Q122559711 | 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 1617595. 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.








