BlockMosherville, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Scipio Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49258. The Survey maps it on the Mosherville quadrangle. It stands 850 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1948 USGS Spring Arbor quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Spring Arbor quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Mosherville quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Mosherville between 2018 and 2020, burning about 5 acres in total. 1 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 | 4 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LITCHFIELD FD 2018-17 - 2018 |
| 8 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LITCHFIELD FD 2020-16 - 2020 |
| 8 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LITCHFIELD FD 2020-17 - 2020 |
| 1 March 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LITCHFIELD FD 2020-14 - 2020 |
| 16 October 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HANOVER TOWNSHIP FD 240 - 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 Mosherville: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Calcium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Hess Marl Pit | Calcium | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonesville | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Litchfield | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Moscow | 8.0 miles | 11 | |
| Allen | 9.2 miles | 11 | |
| North Adams | 9.4 miles | 11 | |
| Hillsdale | 9.8 miles | 10 | |
| Jerome | 10.3 miles | 18 | |
| Bankers | 11.3 miles | 10 |
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 Mosherville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q118734285 | 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 632744. 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.