Holy Corners, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Caledonia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49316. The Survey maps it on the Caledonia quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1914 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Caledonia quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
44 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Holy Corners between 2005 and 2020, burning about 89 acres in total. None 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 | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GAINES TOWNSHIP/DUTTON FD 434 - 2019 |
| 5 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GAINES TOWNSHIP/DUTTON FD 336 - 2018 |
| 2 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CALEDONIA TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 517 - 2020 |
| 19 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CALEDONIA TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 648 - 2019 |
| 10 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GAINES TOWNSHIP/DUTTON FD 370 - 2019 |
| 1 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CALEDONIA TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 512 - 2020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Holy Corners: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Currie and Duncan Lake Marl | Limestone, General | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holy Corners in 2 storm reports in 2021: 1 hail, 1 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 | Holy Corners | $100,000 | Wind gusts to around 60 mph brought down several trees and tree limbs and power lines. |
| September 2021 | Hail | Holy Corners | - | An NWS employee reported one inch diameter hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caledonia | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Labarge | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Alaska | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Dutton | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Whitneyville | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| McCords | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Cascade | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| East Paris | 7.1 miles | 16 |
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 Q122571433 | 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 628467. 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.
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.






