BlockLakewood, Michigan
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Kalamazoo Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49048. It stands on Davis Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kalamazoo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1916 USGS Kalamazoo quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1918 USGS Kalamazoo quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Kalamazoo quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Kalamazoo quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1982 USGS Kalamazoo quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Kalamazoo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
46 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Lakewood between 2014 and 2020, burning about 50 acres in total. 5 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 | 36 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | COMSTOCK TWP FIRE/RESCUE 0001533 - 2019 |
| 19 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | KALAMAZOO DPS 0078926 - 2018 |
| 31 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | COMSTOCK TWP FIRE/RESCUE 0001522 - 2019 |
| 28 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | COMSTOCK TWP FIRE/RESCUE 0001497 - 2019 |
| 2 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | COMSTOCK TWP FIRE/RESCUE 0001310 - 2019 |
| 2 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | KALAMAZOO DPS 0006279 - 2019 |
| 6 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | COMSTOCK TWP FIRE/RESCUE 0000840 - 2018 |
| 6 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | KALAMAZOO DPS 0054887 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lakewood: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balkema Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Consumers Sand & Gravel Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Plant Number 1 | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 630071. 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.