Labarge, Michigan

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Caledonia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49316. The Survey maps it on the Alto quadrangle.

Labarge within Kent County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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.

1918 USGS Lowell quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1943 USGS Lowell quadrangle1:62500
1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1978 USGS Alto quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

38 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Labarge between 2005 and 2020, burning about 80 acres in total. 2 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	18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11
Debris and open burning	3
Natural	2
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
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
1 July 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	CALEDONIA TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 512 - 2020
1 July 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	GAINES TOWNSHIP/DUTTON FD 300 - 2020
9 June 2020	Smoking	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	CALEDONIA TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 452 - 2020
22 June 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	CALEDONIA TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 581 - 2019
2 May 2020	Smoking	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	CALEDONIA TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 362 - 2020

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kent 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 Labarge: 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

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
Alaska	2.0 miles	12
Holy Corners	2.1 miles	15
Caledonia	2.2 miles	15
Whitneyville	4.4 miles	12
McCords	4.5 miles	12
Dutton	5.5 miles	15
Bowne Center	6.3 miles	12
Alto	6.5 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 629923. 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.