Sonoma, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Leroy Township. The Survey maps it on the East Leroy 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 Union City quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Union City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Union City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS East Leroy quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Kalamazoo quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
23 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Sonoma between 2012 and 2020, burning about 26 acres in total. 3 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BATTLE CREEK FD 05331 - 2018 |
| 13 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BATTLE CREEK FD 05179 - 2018 |
| 28 July 2012 | Natural | 3.1 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CALHOUN 01 |
| 20 July 2019 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEWTON TOWNSHIP FD 00097 - 2019 |
| 20 July 2019 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EMMETT TOWNSHIP DPS 00877 - 2019 |
| 17 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EMMETT TOWNSHIP DPS 00804 - 2018 |
| 17 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BATTLE CREEK FD 04000 - 2018 |
| 27 June 2019 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEWTON TOWNSHIP FD 00088 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sonoma: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calhoun County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rays Aggregates Company | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sonoma in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2018: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sonoma | $25,000 | Several trees were blown down and blocked area roads in Sonoma and Athens as well as two miles north of Burlington. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sonoma | $2,000 | A couple of trees were blown down near Sonoma. |
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Sonoma | - | B Drive South between 4 Mile Road and 4 1/2 Mile Road flooded to a depth of 4.5 feet. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Mill Gardens | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Joppa | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| West Leroy | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Lakeview | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| East Leroy | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Beadle Lake | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Pine Creek | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Stanley Corners | 4.9 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 638248. 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.







