BlockKarrs Corner, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Denmark Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48768. The Survey maps it on the Gilford quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Flint quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gilford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Flint quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Flint quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Karrs Corner between 2018 and 2019, burning about 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | VASSAR FD 1162018 - 2018 |
| 6 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CARO FD 0000117 - 2018 |
| 29 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | VASSAR FD 1062018 - 2018 |
| 5 May 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | VASSAR FD 0822018 - 2018 |
| 27 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | REESE FIRE RESCUE 2019020 - 2019 |
| 24 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RICHVILLE FD 0000012 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Karrs Corner: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pit No 1 and Plant M-46 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Powell Sand and Gravel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watrousville | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Gilford | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Denmark Junction | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Fairgrove | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Vassar | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Richville | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Reese | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Wahjamega | 7.5 miles | 11 |
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 Q122541414 | 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 1617651. 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.