Millersville, Michigan

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Selma Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49601. The Survey maps it on the Boon quadrangle.

Millersville within Wexford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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.

1954 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Mesick quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1983 USGS Cadillac quadrangle1:100000
1987 USGS Boon quadrangle1:24000
1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

38 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Millersville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 50 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/undetermined	11
Debris and open burning	10
Recreation and ceremony	5
Smoking	3
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Other causes	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
5 August 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	10 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	WEXFORD 03
1 August 2020	Recreation and ceremony	4.2 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	WEXFORD 05
1 August 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	HARING TOWNSHIP FD 69 - 2020
18 July 1995	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Huron-Manistee National Forest	M-115
13 July 2009	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Huron-Manistee National Forest	21 1/2
1 July 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	SELMA TOWNSHIP FD 0000044 - 2018
23 June 1997	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Huron-Manistee National Forest	RAYHILL
1 June 1997	Smoking	2.0 acres	Huron-Manistee National Forest	WOODWARD PINES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wexford 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 Millersville: 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
	R. W. Meyer Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
	Wexford County Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Wexford 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Boon	2.4 miles	12
Axin	4.6 miles	13
Meauwataka	5.4 miles	12
Benson	5.8 miles	12
Harrietta	7.7 miles	12
Haring	7.9 miles	12
Missaukee Junction	8.0 miles	12
Cadillac	8.6 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617722. 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.