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Scofield, Michigan

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Exeter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48159. It stands on Helser Drain. The Survey maps it on the Carleton quadrangle.

Scofield within Monroe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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

20 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Scofield between 2018 and 2020, burning about 107 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
Equipment and vehicle use11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Natural2
Smoking1

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
30 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesEXETER VFD 0000171 - 2018
4 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesIDA TOWNSHIP VFD 237 - 2020
3 July 2020Smoking1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSUMPTER TOWNSHIP FD 442 - 2020
12 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesEXETER VFD 0000139 - 2018
14 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesASH TOWNSHIP FD 0006134 - 2019
8 May 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesEXETER VFD 0000098 - 2018
7 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLONDON-MAYBEE-RAISINVILLE FD 0000092 - 2019
6 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesASH TOWNSHIP FD 0004078 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe 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 Scofield: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silica, Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Deer Lake Farm PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Maybee Brick and Tile Co Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Maybee QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Schesberger Sandstone ExposureSilicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this place

8 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scofield in 8 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
August 2024Thunderstorm WindScofield-Numerous trees blown down across the County, especially north of the city of Monroe.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindScofield-Multiple trees and wires reported down in Exeter Township.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindScofield-Several large tree limbs reported down.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindScofield-Many trees reported down, blocking road.
October 2017Thunderstorm WindScofield-A tree was reported blown down.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindScofield-Numerous trees blown down or snapped along a 2 mile stretch.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindScofield-Several trees and tree limbs were blown down.
June 2019HailScofield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Monroe 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
Exeter (historical)2.0 miles17
Maybee2.2 miles17
Grafton5.0 miles17
Grape5.0 miles18
Steiner5.5 miles17
Carleton5.5 miles17
Oakville6.7 miles17
London7.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 637454. 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.