BlockKings Mill, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Arcadia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48461. The Survey maps it on the North Branch 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 North Branch quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Flint quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Flint quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Kings Mill between 2003 and 2020, burning about 92 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 | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTH BRANCH TOWNSHIP FD 0000057 - 2019 |
| 12 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAPEER 01 |
| 8 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARCADIA TOWNSHIP FD 0000010 - 2019 |
| 22 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAPEER CITY FIRE/RESCUE 0118117 - 2018 |
| 18 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GOODLAND TOWNSHIP FD 0000011 - 2019 |
| 15 April 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 21 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARCADIA TOWNSHIP FD 0000040 - 2020 |
| 12 November 2012 | Smoking | 64 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAPEER 01 - CEDAR LAKE |
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 Kings Mill: 1 producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nolan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kings Mill in 2 storm reports between 2004 and 2019: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kings Mill | - | Dozen trees reported blown down, along with damage to house porch and pool deck. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kings Mill | - | A trained weather spotter estimated a 80 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five Lakes | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Lum | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| North Branch | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Goodland | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Burnside | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| Barnes Lake | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Attica | 7.7 miles | 10 | |
| Millers Lake | 8.4 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 629717. 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.