BlockPier Cove, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Ganges Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49408. It stands on Pier Cove Creek. The Survey maps it on the Glenn quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1928 USGS Fennville quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1931 USGS Fennville quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Glenn quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Holland quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Pier Cove between 2018 and 2019, burning about 57 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GANGES TOWNSHIP FD 0000094 - 2019 |
| 13 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GANGES TOWNSHIP FD 0000093 - 2019 |
| 26 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLYDE TOWNSHIP FD 0000023 - 2019 |
| 25 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GANGES TOWNSHIP FD 0000058 - 2018 |
| 25 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAUGATUCK TOWNSHIP FD 2018160 - 2018 |
| 23 March 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GANGES TOWNSHIP FD 0000071 - 2019 |
| 20 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GANGES TOWNSHIP FD 0000052 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pier Cove in 1 storm report in 2010: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pier Cove | - | A trained spotter reported a measured 75 mph wind gust at West County Park in Fennville. A 72 mph measured wind gust was recored at the Holland ASOS. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ganges | 1.0 miles | 14 | |
| Grange Corners | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Beachmont | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Douglas | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Shorewood | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Glenn | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Macks Landing | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Saugatuck | 4.9 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122565177 | 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 1617786. 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.
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.