BlockValley Center, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Maple Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48416. The Survey maps it on the Brown City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Brown City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Croswell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Valley Center between 2012 and 2020, burning about 9 acres in total. 1 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 | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BROWN CITY AREA FD 0000106 - 2019 |
| 4 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SPEAKER TOWNSHIP FD 0000017 - 2018 |
| 26 May 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SANILAC 01 - FISHER RD. |
| 2 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BROWN CITY AREA FD 0000034 - 2018 |
| 3 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BROCKWAY TOWNSHIP FD 020-049 - 2020 |
| 22 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SPEAKER TOWNSHIP FD 0000015 - 2018 |
| 14 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SPEAKER TOWNSHIP FD 0000017 - 2020 |
| 1 January 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BROCKWAY TOWNSHIP FD 0019002 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Valley Center: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Large's Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| St Clair County Road Commission Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617909. 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.