Groveland Corners, Michigan
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Groveland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48442. It lies near Devil Island. The Survey maps it on the Davisburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1920 USGS Holly quadrangle1:62500
- 1922 USGS Holly quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Holly quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Davisburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Davisburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Groveland Corners between 2003 and 2020, burning about 16 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GROVELAND TOWNSHIP FD 0000707 - 2018 |
| 4 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 534 - 2020 |
| 15 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 552 - 2019 |
| 17 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTH OAKLAND COUNTY FIRE AUTH 468 - 2020 |
| 1 May 2018 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOLLY FD 0000242 - 2018 |
| 26 April 2003 | Smoking | 3.7 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRANDON FD 0000358 - 2019 |
| 29 March 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOLLY FD 0000223 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Groveland Corners: 8 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Buffalo Pit No 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Buffalo Pit No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Holly Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kurtz Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Middleton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| South Flint Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Tri-City Aggregates Inc Pit | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Corners | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Five Points | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Davisburg | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Holly | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Newark | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Jossman Acres | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Brandon Gardens | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Springfield | 6.1 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1625569. 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.








