Sand River, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Onota Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49822. It stands on Sand River. The Survey maps it on the Sand River quadrangle.
On record in Sand River
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
M-28-Sand River Bridgelisted 1999 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1932 USGS Skandia NE quadrangle1:31680
- 1958 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Skandia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Gwinn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sand River quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Sand River between 2001 and 2020, burning about 21 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DEERTON |
| 28 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ONOTA TOWNSHIP VFD 0190803 - 2019 |
| 16 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAKE LEVASSEUR |
| 24 July 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 June 2001 | Natural | 3.7 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.8 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAND LAKE |
| 19 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALGER 0001 |
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 Sand River: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sand River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sand River in 3 storm reports between 1997 and 2017: 2 hail, 1 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deerton | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Onota | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Sundell | 10.1 miles | 11 | |
| Dorsey | 10.5 miles | 11 | |
| Rumely | 10.7 miles | 11 | |
| Rock River | 10.9 miles | 11 | |
| Eben Junction | 12.1 miles | 11 | |
| Chatham | 14.0 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1621509. 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.







