Southland, Michigan
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Riga Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49267. The Survey maps it on the Berkey quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1911 USGS Swanton quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS Swanton quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Berkey quadrangle1:24000
- 1939 USGS Berkey quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Berkey quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Berkey quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Southland between 2018 and 2020, burning about 3 acres in total. None 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 | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OTTAWA LAKE FD 0000055 - 2019 |
| 26 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OTTAWA LAKE FD 0000041 - 2018 |
| 18 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OTTAWA LAKE FD 0000040 - 2018 |
| 11 October 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OTTAWA LAKE FD 20154 - 2020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Southland: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorr Street Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Silica Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Silica Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay | Producer | ||
| Stlica Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Toledo Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
1 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Southland in 1 storm report in 2007: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Southland | - | A trained spotter reported large tree branches down on the Lenawee/Monroe County line. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mulberry | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Riga | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Blissfield | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| Ogden Center | 9.8 miles | 11 | |
| South Fairfield | 10.3 miles | 12 | |
| Deerfield | 10.9 miles | 12 | |
| Wellsville | 11.9 miles | 11 | |
| Palmyra | 12.0 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 638449. 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.








