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Lee Center, Michigan

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Lee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49076. The Survey maps it on the Olivet quadrangle.

Lee Center within Calhoun 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.

Fires near this place

11 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Lee Center between 2005 and 2020, burning about 68 acres in total. 4 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
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
12 August 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSPRINGPORT/CLARENCE TWP. FD 171 - 2019
13 May 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBELLEVUE FD 020-128 - 2020
1 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOLIVET FD 0000105 - 2018
7 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBELLEVUE FD 019-128 - 2019
6 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOLIVET FD 0000070 - 2019
23 April 2018Natural3.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMARENGO TOWNSHIP FD 0000075 - 2018
14 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOLIVET FD 0000076 - 2019
28 March 2019Equipment and vehicle use30 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMARENGO TOWNSHIP FD 0000040 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun 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 Lee Center: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Olivet Brick&Tile Co Clay PitClayPast Producer
Pit No. 3 & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pit No. 3 and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rieth - Riley Construction CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Calhoun County

Storms near this place

3 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lee Center in 3 storm reports between 2001 and 2026: 3 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2001Thunderstorm WindLee Center$25,000no account filed
April 2026Thunderstorm WindLee Center-One grain silo sustained minor damage.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindLee Center-Barn Roof removed and power lines down near West Baseline Highway and Pine Lake Road.

Every storm recorded in Calhoun 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Partello2.2 miles15
Duck Lake5.7 miles15
Albion Landing5.8 miles15
Rice Creek5.9 miles15
Charlotte Landing6.1 miles15
Walnut Point6.4 miles14
Clarence Center6.6 miles15
Marengo9.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 630251. 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.

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.