Mottville, Michigan
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Mottville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49099. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mottville quadrangle.
On record in Mottville
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
US 12 St. Joseph River Bridgelisted 1991
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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 Vandalia quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1949 USGS Vandalia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Mottville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Elkhart quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Mottville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
26 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Mottville between 2003 and 2020, burning about 49 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 August 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WHITE PIGEON TWP FD 107 - 2020 |
| 20 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 July 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WHITE PIGEON TWP FD 0000120 - 2018 |
| 12 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WHITE PIGEON TWP FD 0097 - 2019 |
| 26 June 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 13 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ST JOSEPH 01 MICHIANA MULCH |
| 20 June 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WHITE PIGEON TWP FD 085 - 2020 |
| 20 June 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WHITE PIGEON TWP FD 086 - 2020 |
| 2 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CONSTANTINE FD 109 - 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 Mottville: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L-Bob Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mottville in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2018: 2 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Constantine | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| White Pigeon | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Golden Pond Estates | 7.6 miles | 15 | |
| Fabius | 7.9 miles | 15 | |
| Breezy Beach | 10.5 miles | 15 | |
| Oakwood | 10.9 miles | 15 | |
| Bluff Beach | 11.7 miles | 15 | |
| Three Rivers | 12.0 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1624758. 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.






