South Monterey, Michigan
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Monterey Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49010. The Survey maps it on the Allegan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1958 USGS Allegan 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
- 1981 USGS Allegan quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
23 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of South Monterey between 1993 and 2020, burning about 350 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 were 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 | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2012 | Natural | 17 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALLEGAN 03 |
| 6 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALLEGAN FD 174 - 2020 |
| 27 June 2004 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2004 | Natural | 34 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1995 | Smoking | 30 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 May 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALLEGAN FD 0000107 - 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 South Monterey: 5 producers, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belden Marl Pit 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Allegan Co Pit Cole Bros | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Allegan Co Pit Yerington Const | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Middlemiss Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Miller Pit & Wash Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pickett and Schreur, Inc. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monterey Center | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Millgrove | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Hopkins | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Allegan | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Dunningville | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Diamond Springs | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Sandy Pines | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Hopkinsburg | 7.5 miles | 9 |
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 Q122552328 | 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 638392. 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.





