Indian Grove, Michigan

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1981. It stands in South Haven City. It lies in ZIP code area 49090. It stands on Black River. The Survey maps it on the South Haven quadrangle.

Indian Grove within Van Buren County

On record in Indian Grove

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Navigation Structures at South Haven Harbor, Michiganlisted 1995 · 1.0 miles away
Liberty Hyde Bailey Birthplacelisted 1983 · 1.0 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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.

1927 USGS South Haven quadrangle1:62500
1930 USGS South Haven quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1943 USGS South Haven quadrangle1:62500
1958 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1962 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS South Haven quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

10 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Indian Grove between 2003 and 2019, burning about 15 acres in total. 1 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	8
Recreation and ceremony	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
20 September 2003	Recreation and ceremony	6.2 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
5 May 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	SOUTH HAVEN AREA ESA 0000668 - 2018
7 April 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	SOUTH HAVEN AREA ESA 0000497 - 2018
3 April 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	SOUTH HAVEN AREA ESA 0000506 - 2019
13 April 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	SOUTH HAVEN AREA ESA 0000557 - 2019
28 March 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	SOUTH HAVEN AREA ESA 0000476 - 2019
26 March 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	SOUTH HAVEN AREA ESA 0000457 - 2019
25 March 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	SOUTH HAVEN AREA ESA 0000432 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Van Buren County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Indian Grove: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica. 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
	Austin Site	Silica	Past Producer	Sedimentary

Every working recorded in Van Buren 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
South Haven	1.1 miles	11
Wildwood	1.7 miles	11
Maple Grove Corners	2.2 miles	11
Crystal Beach	2.3 miles	11
Sulphur Springs	3.2 miles	11
Jericho Corners	5.0 miles	11
Palisades Park	5.6 miles	11
Linden Hills	6.2 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 628977. 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.