BlockNewburg, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Shiawassee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48414. The Survey maps it on the Corunna quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1926 USGS Corunna quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1929 USGS Corunna quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Corunna quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Corunna quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Lansing quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Newburg between 2018 and 2020, burning about 12 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 | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
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 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | VERNON TOWNSHIP FD 0000054 - 2019 |
| 10 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DURAND FD 0200015 - 2019 |
| 11 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SHIAWASSEE TOWNSHIP FD 0000052 - 2018 |
| 30 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | VERNON TOWNSHIP FD 0000042 - 2019 |
| 2 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SHIAWASSEE TOWNSHIP FD 0000029 - 2018 |
| 8 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CORUNNA-CALEDONIA FD 0000055 - 2019 |
| 11 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SHIAWASSEE TOWNSHIP FD 0000024 - 2018 |
| 26 March 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SHIAWASSEE TOWNSHIP FD 0000026 - 2019 |
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 Newburg: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fuoss Gravel Co. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shiawasseetown | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Bancroft | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Vernon | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Durand | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Corunna | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Union Plains | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Kerby | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Middletown | 6.7 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 633356. 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.