BlockNew Salem, Michigan
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Salem Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49315. The Survey maps it on the Hudsonville East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Grandville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Hudsonville East quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:100000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Salem township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
A River Calamity
On the 25th of July, 1841, John Billings, with his wife and six children, the wife of McLaughlin the ship-builder, with her child, R. A. McDonald, and an Irishman (name unknown) were passing up the river in a small boat, when the craft accidentally capsized, and five of the twelve persons on board were drowned, viz.
In the county-history sources
32,001 words on this townshipHistory of Allegan and Barry Counties, Michigan, published 1880 names this settlement in its chapter on Salem Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
There are now two schools in the little village, one belonging to the district, the other a private enterprise where instruction in the German language is given. Adam Endries has also a store containing a general stock half a mile from New Salem.
Passage source: History of Allegan and Barry Counties, Michigan, published 1880.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Fires near this place
15 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of New Salem between 1995 and 2020, burning about 17 acres in total. 2 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 | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DORR TOWNSHIP FD 0000107 - 2018 |
| 9 July 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SALEM TOWNSHIP FD 0000061 - 2018 |
| 20 July 2019 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BYRON TOWNSHIP FD 639 - 2019 |
| 15 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BYRON TOWNSHIP FD 550 - 2020 |
| 5 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DORR TOWNSHIP FD 0000067 - 2018 |
| 8 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BYRON TOWNSHIP FD 311 - 2019 |
| 6 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | JAMESTOWN TOWNSHIP FD 19182 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of New Salem: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Arnsman Marl Pit | Calcium | Past Producer | ||
| Ottawa County Road Commission Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pickett and Schreur, Inc. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burnips | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Sandy Pines | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Dorr | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Oakland | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Hilliards | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Bentheim | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| Diamond Springs | 7.1 miles | 10 | |
| Moline | 7.4 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 633340. 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.