Prairieville, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Prairieville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49046. The Survey maps it on the Cloverdale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1951 USGS Hastings quadrangle1:62500, 5 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 Cloverdale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
37 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Prairieville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 86 acres in total. 5 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 | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 July 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP VFD 0000158 - 2019 |
| 29 June 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DELTON FD 0000234 - 2018 |
| 10 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DELTON FD 0000221 - 2018 |
| 4 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DELTON FD 0000174 - 2018 |
| 17 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BARRY 03 FISH LAKE |
| 12 May 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP VFD 0000129 - 2019 |
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 Prairieville: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Bros Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Sutherland Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Prairieville in 4 storm reports between 1993 and 1998: 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prairieville | $10,000 | A trained weather spotter and local radio broadcaster reported trees and power lines downed across Prairieville Township. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Prairieville | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prairieville | - | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Hail | Prairieville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Point | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| Delton | 2.5 miles | 19 | |
| Cloverdale | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Orangeville | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Circle Pine Center | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Doster | 5.3 miles | 18 | |
| Cressey | 5.4 miles | 19 | |
| Turners Corner | 5.6 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 635397. 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.





