Valley Farms, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1983. It stands in DeWitt Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48906. The Survey maps it on the Lansing North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1927 USGS De Witt quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Lansing North quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Lansing quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
53 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Valley Farms between 1995 and 2020, burning about 58 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 | 41 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLINTON 01 - TURNER MUCK FIRE |
| 2 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LANSING FD 0015086 - 2018 |
| 18 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LANSING FD 0016391 - 2019 |
| 5 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LANSING TOWNSHIP FD 0000353 - 2018 |
| 19 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LANSING FD 0014406 - 2019 |
| 15 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EAST LANSING FD 0003100 - 2018 |
| 10 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DELTA TOWNSHIP FD 1910689 - 2019 |
| 9 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LANSING FD 0011507 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Valley Farms: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briggs Company Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Boichot Howe Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Builders Redi-Mix, Inc. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Wood Wash Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Valley Farms in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2025: 1 hail, 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton Village | 1.0 miles | 12 | |
| Gunnisonville | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| DeWitt | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| East DeWitt | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Bath | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| South Riley | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| Wacousta | 8.9 miles | 11 | |
| Price | 10.5 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1615450. 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.





