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Pittsburg, Michigan

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Bennington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48867. The Survey maps it on the Owosso South quadrangle.

Pittsburg within Shiawassee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

13 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Pittsburg between 2018 and 2020, burning about 16 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/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use6

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOWOSSO FD 182134 - 2018
12 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOWOSSO TOWNSHIP FD 0000099 - 2018
5 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLSW EMERGENCY SERVICES FIRE DIVISION 0000222 - 201
25 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLSW EMERGENCY SERVICES FIRE DIVISION 0000259 - 201
9 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOWOSSO TOWNSHIP FD 0000040 - 2019
9 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLSW EMERGENCY SERVICES FIRE DIVISION 0000173 - 201
8 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPERRY AREA FIRE/RESCUE 0000049 - 2019
26 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLSW EMERGENCY SERVICES FIRE DIVISION 0000181 - 201

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shiawassee County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Pittsburg: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Grand Rapids Gypsum MineGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer1849
Fisher Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fuoss Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Grand River Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Grand River Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Grand River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Shiawassee County

Storms near this place

6 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pittsburg in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2019Tornado (EF0)Pittsburg$50,000The tornado touched down close to the intersection of Bennington Greens Drive and Innsbrook Drive, snapping pine trees. The tornado continued northeast, crossing M-52 near West Grand River Road. Hardwood trees were observed snapped with large limbs down. The tornado then hit a Farm along South Morrice Road, just south of W Garrison Road. Trees were uprooted and a well built farm outbuilding lost its roof. The tornado snapped additional trees near Vandecarr and Bennington Roads before lifting near the Maple River.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindPittsburg-Some shingles were ripped off a house, and trees were downed.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindPittsburg-A few pieces of siding were ripped off a house, and trees were downed.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindPittsburg-Trees were reported down near Grand River Road and Delaney Road.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindPittsburg-Several trees reported blown down on the road.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindPittsburg-The emergency manager estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust.

Every storm recorded in Shiawassee County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Bennington3.1 miles14
Morrice4.4 miles13
Perry4.6 miles13
Forest Green Estates5.9 miles13
Laingsburg6.9 miles13
Shaftsburg7.1 miles13
Five Points7.3 miles14
Middletown7.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 635058. 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.