BlockSandy Pines, Michigan
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Salem Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49323. It stands on Pigeon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Burnips quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1958 USGS Allegan quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Burnips quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:100000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Salem township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
A River Calamity
On the 25th of July, 1841, John Billings, with his wife and six children, the wife of McLaughlin the ship-builder, with her child, R. A. McDonald, and an Irishman (name unknown) were passing up the river in a small boat, when the craft accidentally capsized, and five of the twelve persons on board were drowned, viz.
In the county-history sources
32,001 words on this townshipHistory of Allegan and Barry Counties, Michigan, published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Salem Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Salem Township - 32,001 words.
Fires near this place
11 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Sandy Pines between 1993 and 2020, burning about 111 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DORR TOWNSHIP FD 0000067 - 2018 |
| 3 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SALEM TOWNSHIP FD 0000022 - 2019 |
| 26 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SALEM TOWNSHIP FD 0000037 - 2018 |
| 26 April 1993 | Smoking | 90 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DORR TOWNSHIP FD 0000058 - 2018 |
| 20 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOPKINS AREA FD 0000026 - 2020 |
| 18 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALLEGAN 04 AGR002 |
| 26 March 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SALEM TOWNSHIP FD 0000021 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Sandy Pines: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Arnsman Marl Pit | Calcium | Past Producer | ||
| Flemming Gravel Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pickett and Schreur, Inc. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burnips | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Monterey Center | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Hilliards | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| New Salem | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Diamond Springs | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Hopkins | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Dorr | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Bentheim | 6.0 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2105415. 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.