BlockPine Creek, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Holland Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49424. The Survey maps it on the Holland West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1929 USGS Holland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1932 USGS Holland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Holland West quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Holland quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
32 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Pine Creek between 1996 and 2020, burning about 42 acres in total. 3 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 | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOLLAND TOWNSHIP FD 19636 - 2019 |
| 21 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOLLAND TOWNSHIP FD 19543 - 2019 |
| 16 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAAFSCHAP FD 2019424 - 2019 |
| 10 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOLLAND TOWNSHIP FD 20528 - 2020 |
| 9 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOLLAND FD 0002036 - 2018 |
| 6 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOLLAND FD 0002003 - 2018 |
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 Pine Creek: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zeeland Brick Co.Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pine Creek in 2 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Creek | $5,000 | Several trees were blown down by wind gusts estimated at 60 mph. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Creek | - | Trees down north and south of Quincy Street near Holland. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tasmas Corners | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| Oaklawn Beechwood | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Beechwood | 2.2 miles | 10 | |
| Holland | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Waverly | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Harlem | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| New Holland | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Noordeloos | 4.3 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 634905. 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.