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Snug Harbor, Michigan

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Grand Haven Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49417. It lies near Poel Island. The Survey maps it on the Grand Haven quadrangle.

Snug Harbor within Ottawa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Snug Harbor between 1992 and 2020, burning about 44 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined19
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1
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
6 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSPRING LAKE TOWNSHIP FD 20066 - 2020
7 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGRAND HAVEN DPS 191309 - 2019
6 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.9 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGRAND HAVEN TWP FIRE/RESCUE 19900 - 2019
14 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesFERRYSBURG FD 19131 - 2019
4 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSPRING LAKE TOWNSHIP FD 202331 - 2020

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ottawa County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Snug Harbor: 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Clay. 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
Construction Aggregates Corp PitClayPast Producer
Ferrysburg SiteSilicaProducerSedimentary
Rosy MoundSilicaProducerSedimentary
Construction Aggregates Corp PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Construction Aggregates Corp PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
J V Burkett Construction Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ottawa 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
Clark Corners1.9 miles12
Rosy Mound2.4 miles12
Spring Lake3.1 miles12
Grand Haven3.3 miles12
Ferrysburg4.1 miles12
Agnew4.8 miles11
Robinson5.9 miles11
Nunica6.6 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 638216. 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.