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Maywood, Michigan

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ensign Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49878. The Survey maps it on the Maywood quadrangle.

Maywood within Delta County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 9 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

61 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Maywood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 374 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined20
Debris and open burning19
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1
Other causes1

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
5 September 1998Other causesunder an acreHiawatha National ForestGARTH
8 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresHiawatha National ForestEAST POINT
4 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined90 acresHiawatha National ForestSTONINGTON
26 August 2020Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPINE BLUFF
24 August 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 July 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHiawatha National ForestTWIN SPRINGS
6 July 2019Fireworksunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesINDEPENDENCE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delta County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Maywood: 7 producers, 1 past producer. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Algonquin Delta Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Bichler QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bichler Gravel & Concrete Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Delta Co PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gladstone PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Holmberg PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Payne & Dolan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pit No. 207 Delta Company Rd Comm.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Delta 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
Gladstone2.2 miles9
Kipling2.9 miles9
West Gladstone4.0 miles9
Lake Bluff4.1 miles9
Garth4.8 miles10
Chaison5.0 miles9
Larch5.2 miles9
Masonville5.3 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1620743. 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.