Parkers Corners, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Iosco Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48836. The Survey maps it on the Parkers Corners quadrangle.
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.
- 1908 USGS Fowlerville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1910 USGS Fowlerville 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
- 1973 USGS Parkers Corners quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Lansing quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Parkers Corners between 1996 and 2020, burning about 30 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FOWLERVILLE FD 0000516 - 2018 |
| 6 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FOWLERVILLE FD 0000449 - 2018 |
| 21 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LIVINGSTON 01 |
| 6 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FOWLERVILLE FD 299 - 2020 |
| 8 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FOWLERVILLE FD 0000224 - 2019 |
| 23 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FOWLERVILLE FD 0000267 - 2018 |
| 21 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | STOBRIDGE AREA EMERGENCY SERVICES AUTHORITY 201803 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Parkers Corners: 2 producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Livingston County Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Livingston County Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parkers Corners in 7 storm reports between 2006 and 2023: 7 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkers Corners | $15,000 | Trees were blown down and a barn was destroyed. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkers Corners | $15,000 | Trees were blown down and a barn roof damaged. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkers Corners | $15,000 | Trees were blown down and an old barn destroyed. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkers Corners | $10,000 | Trees snapped and uprooted due to straight line winds from Wallace road to Cedar road, along and north of West Van Orgen Road. |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkers Corners | - | Trees reported blown down, along with siding off a house. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkers Corners | - | Central dispatch reported a tree blown down. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parkers Corners | - | Central dispatch reported a tree blown down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plainfield | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Fowlerville | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Fleming | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Gregory | 7.7 miles | 16 | |
| Bullis Crossing | 8.1 miles | 16 | |
| Anderson | 8.8 miles | 16 | |
| Williamsville | 9.0 miles | 16 | |
| Unadilla | 10.1 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 634396. 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.






