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Shelbyville, Michigan

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Martin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49344. The Survey maps it on the Martin quadrangle. It stands 827 feet above sea level.

Shelbyville within Allegan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

16 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Shelbyville between 2004 and 2020, burning about 38 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 use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
14 September 2013Power generation/transmission/distribution1.1 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesALLEGAN 05
3 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMARTIN FIRE/RESCUE 0000076 - 2018
11 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMARTIN FIRE/RESCUE 0000075 - 2019
14 June 2017Debris and open burning7.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesALLEGAN 04 - MARTIN FIELD
6 May 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.2 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesALLEGAN 04
1 May 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMARTIN FIRE/RESCUE 0000054 - 2020
22 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHOPKINS AREA FD 0000050 - 2019
20 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMARTIN FIRE/RESCUE 0000047 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Allegan County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Shelbyville: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, 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
Millers Pit & Mill # 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pavlak PitLimestone, GeneralPast Producer

Every working recorded in Allegan County

Storms near this place

7 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shelbyville in 7 storm reports between 1997 and 2020: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 2020Thunderstorm WindShelbyville$25,000Several large trees were blown down.
April 2016HailShelbyville$25,000Allegan county emergency management reported up to golf ball sized hail near Shelbyville.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindShelbyville$25,000Several five to ten inch diameter trees were blown down just east of Shelbyville. Several power lines were also blown down there.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindShelbyville$20,000An NWS employee reported that numerous trees and branches were blown down at Orchard Hills golf course near Shelbyville.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindShelbyville$10,000no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindShelbyville$5,000A weather spotter sent a report via internet of trees and power lines downed in Wayland Township, including the Shelbyville and Gun Lake areas. A felled tree blocked the intersection of 124th Avenue and Division Street.
March 2012HailShelbyville-Trained spotters reported one to one and a quarter inch diameter hail east of Hopkins over eastern Allegan county over to near US-131.

Every storm recorded in Allegan 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
Bradley2.5 miles9
East Martin3.8 miles9
Hopkinsburg3.9 miles9
Martin4.0 miles9
Monteith Station5.0 miles9
Watson5.2 miles9
Wayland5.5 miles9
Hopkins6.8 miles9

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 Q136348651The 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 637713. 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.