BlockLacota, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Geneva Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49063. The Survey maps it on the Lacota quadrangle. It stands 692 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1927 USGS Bangor quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1931 USGS Bangor quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Bangor quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Lacota quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
31 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Lacota between 1993 and 2020, burning about 73 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTH HAVEN AREA ESA 0001340 - 2019 |
| 24 July 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BANGOR COMMUNITY FD 169 - 2018 |
| 6 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LEE TOWNSHIP FD 0000055 - 2018 |
| 5 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP FD 0000026 - 2018 |
| 5 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTH HAVEN AREA ESA 0000668 - 2018 |
| 3 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 May 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lacota in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Lightning | Lacota | 2 hurt | Multiple media sources reported a lightning strike injured two males who were picking blueberries at the time. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lacota | $10,000 | A greenhouse, chicken coop and farm stand along with several tree limbs were all blown down. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lacota | - | Widspread tree limbs and scattered trees blown down over a 10 mile long and 9 mile wide area extending from the northwest to the central part of the county. |Numerous utility lines were taken down by falling trees in Lacota, Grand Junction, and Breedsville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Junction | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Breedsville | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Sulphur Springs | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Jericho Corners | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Maple Grove Corners | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| Bangor | 7.0 miles | 11 | |
| Berlamont | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| South Haven | 7.7 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 Q136346982 | 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 629933. 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.
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.