BlockSegwun, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Lowell Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49331. It stands on Flat River. The Survey maps it on the Lowell quadrangle.
On record in Segwun
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 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Graham Houselisted 1972 · 0.7 miles away
Downtown Lowell Historic Districtlisted 1999 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1918 USGS Lowell quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Lowell quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Lowell quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
25 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Segwun between 2015 and 2020, burning about 54 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 | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LOWELL AREA FD 450 - 2019 |
| 8 May 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.4 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALTO-BOWNE TOWNSHIP FD 0000103 - 2019 |
| 6 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LOWELL AREA FD 326 - 2018 |
| 18 May 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CASCADE CHARTER TOWNSHIP FD 816 - 2018 |
| 16 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALTO-BOWNE TOWNSHIP FD 0000105 - 2019 |
| 1 May 2018 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LOWELL AREA FD 298 - 2018 |
| 6 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LOWELL AREA FD 292 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Segwun: 2 producers. All of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathews Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pickett and Schreur Inc. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowell | 0.7 miles | 12 | |
| Fallassburg | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Alto | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Alton | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| McCords | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Whitneyville | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Moseley | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Bowne Center | 7.8 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122565723 | 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 637556. 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.