BlockSolon Center, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Solon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49319. It stands on Frost Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cedar Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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 Cedar Springs quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
24 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Solon Center between 2010 and 2020, burning about 48 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALGOMA TOWNSHIP FD 551 - 2020 |
| 16 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SPENCER TOWNSHIP FD 0000317 - 2019 |
| 5 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOLON TOWNSHIP FD 0000309 - 2018 |
| 26 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | KENT 01 |
| 1 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALGOMA TOWNSHIP FD 488 - 2019 |
| 8 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALGOMA TOWNSHIP FD 377 - 2020 |
| 8 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOLON TOWNSHIP FD 0000262 - 2018 |
| 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 Solon Center: 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.
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 Q122594708 | 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 638239. 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.