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Hillcrest, Michigan

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Lyon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48653. The Survey maps it on the Meads Landing quadrangle.

Hillcrest within Roscommon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

46 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Hillcrest between 1992 and 2020, burning about 106 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
Equipment and vehicle use10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Debris and open burning8
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony6
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1

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 2016Equipment and vehicle use16 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 August 2001Recreation and ceremony2.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 August 2004Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 August 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution2.7 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCRAWFORD 09 - MILITARY RD FIRE
25 August 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDORT 2 - CRAWFORD
25 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDORT 1 - CRAWFORD
23 August 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesROSCOMMON 08

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Roscommon County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hillcrest: 2 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
Halliday Sand and Gravel IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Roscommon County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Roscommon 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
Higgins Lake1.4 miles12
Lyon Manor1.6 miles11
Tent City3.7 miles14
Meads Landing4.3 miles12
Sharps Corners5.6 miles11
Houghton Point6.4 miles13
Michelson7.0 miles12
Nellsville9.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 628294. 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.