Samaria, Michigan
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Bedford Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48177. It stands on North Branch Cone Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lambertville East quadrangle. It stands 643 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 19 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.
- 1912 USGS Dundee quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS Dundee quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Samaria quadrangle1:31680
- 1939 USGS Dundee quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Samaria quadrangle1:24000
- 1940 USGS Dundee quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Dundee quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Samaria quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Lambertville East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
37 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Samaria between 2018 and 2020, burning about 48 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BEDFORD FD 0001898 - 2018 |
| 29 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IDA TOWNSHIP VFD 284 - 2018 |
| 24 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IDA TOWNSHIP VFD 295 - 2020 |
| 2 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WHITEFORD TOWNSHIP VFD 0000190 - 2019 |
| 30 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ERIE TOWNSHIP FD 260 - 2020 |
| 20 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ERIE TOWNSHIP FD 261 - 2019 |
| 19 June 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IDA TOWNSHIP VFD 220 - 2020 |
| 16 June 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IDA TOWNSHIP VFD 214 - 2020 |
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 Samaria: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Sink Quarry Limestone | Limestone, General | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Samaria in 5 storm reports between 2001 and 2011: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2006 | Lightning | Samaria | $3,000 | Lightning struck a shed and started a fire that burned several pieces of furniture stored inside. Property damage was roughly estimated at $3K. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Samaria | - | Eight to twelve inch diameter trees reported blown down. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Samaria | - | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Samaria | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Samaria | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temperance | 2.1 miles | 19 | |
| Yargerville | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Lambertville | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Ida Center | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| Liberty Corners | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Ottawa | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Saint Anthony | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Erie | 4.4 miles | 18 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Samaria | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q104841158 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 637149. 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.











