BlockMooreville, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1989. It stands in York Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48160. The Survey maps it on the Milan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1902 USGS Ypsilanti quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Ann Arbor quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1906 USGS Ypsilanti quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1908 USGS Ann Arbor quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Milan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
18 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Mooreville between 2018 and 2020, burning about 22 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MILAN AREA FD 808 - 2019 |
| 9 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SALINE AREA FD 0000924 - 2019 |
| 26 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SALINE AREA FD 0001000 - 2019 |
| 23 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MILAN AREA FD 680 - 2020 |
| 17 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MILAN AREA FD 657 - 2020 |
| 3 July 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MILAN AREA FD 515 - 2020 |
| 2 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MILAN AREA FD 1800432 - 2018 |
| 13 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MILAN AREA FD 451 - 2020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mooreville: 1 producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Brink Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milan | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Saline | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Stony Creek | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Benton | 7.1 miles | 16 | |
| Whittaker | 7.3 miles | 20 | |
| Pittsfield | 7.4 miles | 17 | |
| Lincoln | 7.9 miles | 20 | |
| Paint Creek | 8.9 miles | 20 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Mooreville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q115760527 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 632661. 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.