BlockLawndale, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Kochville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48604. The Survey maps it on the Shields quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1917 USGS St. Charles quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS St. Charles quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Shields quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Alma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
46 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Lawndale between 2018 and 2020, burning about 47 acres in total. 12 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 | 25 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAGINAW TOWNSHIP FD 480 - 2018 |
| 23 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAGINAW TOWNSHIP FD 468 - 2020 |
| 23 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | THOMAS TOWNSHIP FD 512 - 2019 |
| 10 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAGINAW TOWNSHIP FD 444 - 2020 |
| 1 August 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAGINAW TOWNSHIP FD 428 - 2020 |
| 6 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CARROLLTON TOWNSHIP FD 74 - 2020 |
| 6 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FRANKENLUST FD 144 - 2020 |
| 5 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CARROLLTON TOWNSHIP FD 72 - 2020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lawndale: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Calcium, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrollton Lime Kiln Mill | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Saginaw Rock Prdts--Carrollton Mill | Limestone, General | Past 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shattuckville | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Dice | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Shields | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Kochville | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Frost | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Freeland | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Paines | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Carrollton | 5.7 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617675. 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.