BlockShepardsville, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ovid Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48866. It stands on Little Maple River. The Survey maps it on the Ovid West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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 Elsie quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Elsie quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Ovid West quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Alma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Shepardsville between 2018 and 2019, burning about 5 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OVID-MIDDLEBURY FD 0000092 - 2019 |
| 8 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LSW EMERGENCY SERVICES FIRE DIVISION 0000169 - 201 |
| 3 March 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ST JOHNS FD 0003652 - 2018 |
| 28 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ELSIE FD 1900025 - 2019 |
| 23 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ELSIE FD 1900024 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Shepardsville: 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Excavating Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Central Mich Sand & Gravel Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Clinton County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Martin Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Polhamus Sand and Gravel Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Standard Pit & Mill | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ovid | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Duplain | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Price | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Elsie | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Westchester Heights | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Saint Johns | 7.1 miles | 14 | |
| Eureka | 8.3 miles | 14 | |
| East DeWitt | 12.1 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 637739. 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.