BlockMoore Park, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Park Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49093. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Schoolcraft quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1922 USGS Schoolcraft quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Schoolcraft quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Schoolcraft quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Kalamazoo quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Moore Park between 2019 and 2020, burning about 4 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 | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FABIUS PARK FD 114 - 2020 |
| 22 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTH KALAMAZOO COUNTY FIRE AUTH 0000334 - 2019 |
| 11 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FABIUS PARK FD 67 - 2020 |
| 26 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MARCELLUS FD 0000030 - 2019 |
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 Moore Park: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Peat. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerr Pit | Peat, Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Drake Marl Pit | Limestone, General | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moore Park in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2021: 1 tornado, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moore Park | - | Trees and tree limbs near the intersection of Heimbach and Wilbur Roads north of Three Rivers. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Moore Park | - | A survey of extensive tree damage was performed in northwestern St. Joseph county. While the majority of the damage was a result of straight-line winds, damage patterns indicate that a circulation briefly formed and touched down. The circulation touched down just west of Moore Park and moved rapidly northeast, dissipating near the intersection of Marcellus and Hutchinson Road. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Moore Park | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Ridge | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Flowerfield | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Howardsville | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Parkville | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Three Rivers | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Chamberlain | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Centreville | 8.4 miles | 15 | |
| Fabius | 8.5 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1624752. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.