Kinney, Michigan

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Walker City. It lies in ZIP code area 49534. The Survey maps it on the Marne quadrangle.

Kinney within Kent County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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.

1945 USGS Ravenna quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Marne quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
1986 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

45 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Kinney between 2005 and 2020, burning about 55 acres in total. 3 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	22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	13
Natural	3
Debris and open burning	2
Smoking	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
5 September 2005	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
4 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	ALPINE TOWNSHIP FD 729 - 2020
2 September 2005	Misuse of fire by a minor	9.9 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
16 September 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	GRAND RAPIDS FD 0016112 - 2018
17 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	ALPINE TOWNSHIP FD 773 - 2019
16 August 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	GRAND RAPIDS FD 0015030 - 2019
16 August 2018	Natural	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	WALKER CITY FD 0000380 - 2018
19 July 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	ALPINE TOWNSHIP FD 0000585 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kent County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Kinney: 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Grand Rapids Mine	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Producer
Butterworth Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Devries Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Riverside Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Kent 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
Walker	1.0 miles	14
Wilder Center	2.2 miles	16
Standale	3.0 miles	11
Comstock Park	5.4 miles	16
Alpine	5.9 miles	16
Grand Rapids	6.4 miles	17
Fruit Ridge Center	7.1 miles	14
Grandville	7.3 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 629735. 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.