BlockMadison Center, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Madison Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49221. It stands on Porter Drain. The Survey maps it on the Jasper quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
23 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Madison Center between 2018 and 2020, burning about 23 acres in total. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ADRIAN CITY FD 0003409 - 2019 |
| 29 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ADRIAN CITY FD 0003644 - 2019 |
| 27 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ADRIAN CITY FD 0003122 - 2019 |
| 9 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MADISON TOWNSHIP FD 0001348 - 2018 |
| 30 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MADISON TOWNSHIP FD 0001489 - 2018 |
| 3 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PALMYRA TOWNSHIP FD 131 - 2020 |
| 19 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MADISON TOWNSHIP FD 0001419 - 2018 |
| 18 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MADISON TOWNSHIP FD 0001417 - 2018 |
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 Madison Center: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Stamm Brothers Sand and Gravel Pit | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friendly Village of Adrian | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Adrian | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Fairfield | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Sand Creek | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Ogden | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Jasper | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Lenawee Junction | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Palmyra | 5.7 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 631308. 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.