BlockSheffield, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Courtland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49319. The Survey maps it on the Evans quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Evans quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
34 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Sheffield between 2007 and 2020, burning about 54 acres in total. 6 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 | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SPENCER TOWNSHIP FD 0000317 - 2019 |
| 26 August 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALGOMA TOWNSHIP FD 488 - 2020 |
| 14 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CEDAR SPRINGS FD 0039619 - 2019 |
| 12 August 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SPENCER TOWNSHIP FD 0000259 - 2018 |
| 1 August 2020 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALGOMA TOWNSHIP FD 435 - 2020 |
| 8 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALGOMA TOWNSHIP FD 377 - 2020 |
| 7 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALGOMA TOWNSHIP FD 375 - 2020 |
| 17 July 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CEDAR SPRINGS FD 0032020 - 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 Sheffield: 1 producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evans | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Cedar Springs | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Harvard | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Edgerton | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Rockford | 6.3 miles | 16 | |
| Sand Lake | 6.9 miles | 12 | |
| Solon Center | 7.4 miles | 15 | |
| Childsdale | 7.8 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 637711. 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.