BlockStarville, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Cottrellville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48039. The Survey maps it on the Marine City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1914 USGS Algonac quadrangle1:62500
- 1939 USGS Marine City quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Marine City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Marine City quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Lake St. Clair North quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Starville between 2018 and 2020, burning about 15 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLAY TOWNSHIP MAINLAND FD 468 - 2018 |
| 8 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IRA TOWNSHIP FD 266 - 2019 |
| 3 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IRA TOWNSHIP FD 195 - 2020 |
| 11 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLAY TOWNSHIP MAINLAND FD 399 - 2019 |
| 7 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IRA TOWNSHIP FD 214 - 2019 |
| 6 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLAY TOWNSHIP MAINLAND FD 277 - 2019 |
| 3 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IRA TOWNSHIP FD 162 - 2020 |
| 25 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLAY TOWNSHIP MAINLAND FD 347 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Starville in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Starville | - | Power lines reported down in Cottrellville Township between Broadbridge Rd and Shea Rd. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Starville | - | Wind damage included an uprooted large tree, an older barn that was leveled, and a large shed that was flipped over. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Starville | - | A 16 inch diameter tree limb was reported down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copeland Corner | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Perch Point | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Fair Haven | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Pearl Beach | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Broadbridge Station | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Roberts Landing | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Cherry Beach | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Pointe aux Tremble | 4.2 miles | 13 |
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 Q122560483 | 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 1624954. 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.
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.