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Two Rivers, Michigan

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Deerfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48858. The Survey maps it on the Weidman quadrangle.

Two Rivers within Isabella County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

19 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Two Rivers between 2008 and 2019, burning about 110 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning2
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
30 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMILLBROOK-ROLLAND TWPS FD 0000114 - 2018
12 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNOTTAWA-SHERMAN TWP FD 0000221 - 2019
9 May 2018Debris and open burning24 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesISABELLA 01
31 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNOTTAWA-SHERMAN TWP FD 0000177 - 2019
26 May 2014Other causes3.4 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesISABELLA 0002
10 May 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution4.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesISABELLA 04
1 May 2018Smoking5.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDEERFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0000028 - 2018
7 April 2019Natural3.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWHEATLAND TOWNSHIP FD 190061 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Isabella County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Two Rivers: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Natnal Portland Cement Co Clay PitClayPast Producer
Deerfield PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gray PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Isabella 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
Lake Isabella2.7 miles15
Deerfield Center3.0 miles15
Beal City3.8 miles15
Weidman4.4 miles15
Broomfield Center4.4 miles11
Drew4.8 miles12
Horr6.5 miles12
Rolland Center7.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617905. 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.