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South Ionia, Michigan

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Ionia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48846. The Survey maps it on the Ionia quadrangle.

South Ionia within Ionia County

On record in South Ionia

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

18 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of South Ionia between 2004 and 2019, burning about 27 acres in total. 5 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 use5
Natural5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1

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
7 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesIONIA DPS 0000287 - 2019
6 August 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesIONIA DPS 0000286 - 2019
14 August 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesIONIA DPS 0000295 - 2019
15 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesIONIA DPS 0000250 - 2019
15 June 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesIONIA DPS 0000130 - 2018
14 June 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBERLIN-ORANGE FD 0000183 - 2018
7 May 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBERLIN-ORANGE FD 0000165 - 2019
2 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesIONIA DPS 0000092 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ionia 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 South Ionia: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Ionia Co. Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ionia Pottery Company Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Ionia 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
Ionia1.3 miles12
Prairie2.2 miles12
Tremaine Corners4.7 miles12
Berlin Center5.8 miles12
Lyons6.6 miles10
Muir7.0 miles10
Collins7.2 miles10
Woods Corners7.4 miles10

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 Q122558865The 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 638365. 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.