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Rowes Corner, Michigan

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Sharon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48158. The Survey maps it on the Manchester quadrangle.

Rowes Corner within Washtenaw County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

9 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Rowes Corner between 1996 and 2020, burning about 130 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
Natural3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1

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
20 August 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMANCHESTER TOWNSHIP FD 0000311 - 2019
14 May 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMANCHESTER TOWNSHIP FD 0000187 - 2019
6 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMANCHESTER TOWNSHIP FD 0000133 - 2019
20 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMANCHESTER TOWNSHIP FD 0000129 - 2018
2 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMANCHESTER TOWNSHIP FD 0000126 - 2019
19 April 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMANCHESTER TOWNSHIP FD 0000128 - 2018
11 April 1996Debris and open burning98 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 December 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMANCHESTER TOWNSHIP FD 0000481 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washtenaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Rowes Corner: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
O E Gooding & Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rock Crete Products Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Van Allstine Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Washtenaw County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Washtenaw County

Storms near this place

6 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rowes Corner in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2018: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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
June 2015Tornado (EF1)Rowes Corner$300,000A tornado downed down just east of M-52 and North of Bethel Church Road. The tornado tracked toward the east parallel to Bethel Church Road and lifted just east of Lima Center Road. A consistent path of tree damage was identified between homesteads. Damage to roofing and siding material of homes occurred along the path. Peak intensity up to 100 mph occurred at Bethel Church and Ernst Road where the garage of a home was swept from its foundation.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindRowes Corner$3,000Numerous trees and tree limbs reported down, along with powerlines.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindRowes Corner-Trees reported down.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindRowes Corner-Three to four inch diameter tree limbs reported blown down.
May 2012HailRowes Corner-no account filed
May 2011HailRowes Corner-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washtenaw 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
Manchester2.9 miles12
Sharon Hollow3.4 miles12
Rogers Corner4.5 miles15
River Raisin5.8 miles15
Jerusalem6.3 miles19
Sylvan Center6.9 miles14
Bridgewater7.2 miles15
Notten7.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617828. 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.