Lilley, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Lilley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49309. The Survey maps it on the Marlborough quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Baldwin quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Baldwin SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Marlborough quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
124 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Lilley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,376 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 55 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 1996 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | POWER POLE |
| 7 August 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | WOODBRIDGE |
| 17 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | FRUIT TRUCK |
| 7 July 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | OSBOURNE |
| 7 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | LOAT VAN |
| 6 July 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | LINCOLN |
| 5 July 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | ROLLING ROCK FIRE |
| 4 July 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | CANDLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lilley in 1 storm report in 2005: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lilley | $10,000 | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bitely | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Woodland Park | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Walgamor Corners | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Brohman | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Troy | 9.1 miles | 11 | |
| Volney | 10.2 miles | 11 | |
| Woodville | 11.5 miles | 13 | |
| Ramona | 11.8 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1620514. 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.








