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Maple Grove, Michigan

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Montague City. It lies in ZIP code area 49437. It stands on Bush Creek. The Survey maps it on the Montague quadrangle.

Maple Grove within Muskegon County

On record in Maple Grove

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

24 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Maple Grove between 1996 and 2019, burning about 84 acres in total. None 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/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Debris and open burning4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
6 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWHITE LAKE FIRE AUTHORITY 0000532 - 2018
4 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWHITE LAKE FIRE AUTHORITY 0000525 - 2018
2 July 2018Debris and open burning8.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMUSKEGON 04
1 July 2018Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMUSKEGON 02
13 June 2018Smoking1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMONTAGUE FD 0000199 - 2018
2 May 2015Recreation and ceremony2.7 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMUSKEGON 03 -
18 May 2009Debris and open burning7.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMUSKEGON 04
12 May 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMUSKEGON 05

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Muskegon 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 Maple Grove: 2 past producers, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Titanium, Metal, Titanium, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Howmet Corp--Whitehall, Mich.TitaniumPast Producer
Whitehall Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Whitehall PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Whitehall Plant TiTitanium, MetalPlant1992

Every working recorded in Muskegon 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
South Whitehall0.8 miles10
Whitehall1.0 miles10
Montague1.1 miles10
Wabaningo3.8 miles11
Sylvan Beach3.8 miles11
Michillinda4.4 miles11
Lakewood Club5.9 miles10
Lakewood7.0 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1620694. 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.