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Maple Island, Michigan

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Silver Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49047. It lies near Rattlesnake Island. The Survey maps it on the Sister Lakes quadrangle.

Maple Island within Cass County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

13 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Maple Island between 2018 and 2020, burning about 13 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
28 September 2019Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesKEELER TOWNSHIP FIRE RESCUE 171 - 2019
7 June 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesINDIAN LAKE VFD 2018025 - 2018
2 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesINDIAN LAKE VFD 2018019 - 2018
13 May 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSISTER LAKES FD 020-025 - 2020
1 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWAYNE TOWNSHIP FD 2018052 - 2018
27 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSISTER LAKES FD 018-034 - 2018
9 March 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesKEELER TOWNSHIP FIRE RESCUE 44 - 2020
31 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWATERVLIET FD 0000119 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cass County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Maple Island: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Rudell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Silver Creek Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Cass 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
Sandy Beach1.0 miles10
Five Mile Corners3.7 miles10
Indian Lake4.4 miles10
Beechwood4.4 miles10
Dowagiac6.6 miles14
Twin Lakes7.4 miles10
Glenwood7.7 miles10
Pokagon10.4 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 631475. 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.