Pine Creek, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Leroy Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49051. The Survey maps it on the Climax quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1918 USGS Leonidas quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Leonidas quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Leonidas quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Leonidas 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
- 1982 USGS Climax quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Kalamazoo quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Pine Creek between 2012 and 2020, burning about 10 acres in total. 1 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 | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 July 2012 | Natural | 3.1 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CALHOUN 01 |
| 27 June 2019 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEWTON TOWNSHIP FD 00088 - 2019 |
| 6 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ATHENS TOWNSHIP FD 0000080 - 2018 |
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ATHENS TOWNSHIP FD 0000078 - 2018 |
| 20 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ATHENS TOWNSHIP FD 60 - 2020 |
| 27 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LEROY TOWNSHIP FD 0000072 - 2019 |
| 22 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ATHENS TOWNSHIP FD 0000049 - 2018 |
| 17 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LEROY TOWNSHIP FD 0000041 - 2020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pine Creek in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Creek | $50,000 | Several trees were blown down. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Creek | $25,000 | Calhoun county emergency management reported that a 3 foot diameter tree was blown down onto a house on M Drive between M66 and Two Mile Rd. in Battle Creek. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Creek | $20,000 | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Creek | - | A 60 mile per hour wind gust was reported at Pine Creek. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Leroy | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Joppa | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| West Leroy | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Sonoma | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Athens | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Stanley Corners | 7.2 miles | 14 | |
| Old Mill Gardens | 7.7 miles | 18 | |
| Beadle Lake | 9.0 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 634904. 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.








