West Windsor, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Windsor Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48821. The Survey maps it on the Dimondale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1910 USGS Lansing quadrangle1:62500
- 1912 USGS Lansing quadrangle1:62500, 4 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 Dimondale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Lansing quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
23 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of West Windsor between 2016 and 2020, burning about 32 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 | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2020 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WINDSOR TOWNSHIP EMERGENCY SERVICES 150 - 2020 |
| 21 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LANSING FD 0014536 - 2019 |
| 14 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WINDSOR TOWNSHIP EMERGENCY SERVICES 0000170 - 2019 |
| 29 July 2016 | Fireworks | under an acre | Michigan Agency | TREATMENT |
| 19 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | POTTERVILLE-BENTON TWP FD 0000126 - 2019 |
| 15 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | POTTERVILLE-BENTON TWP FD 0000123 - 2019 |
| 13 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DELHI TOWNSHIP FD 1829 - 2019 |
| 22 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WINDSOR TOWNSHIP EMERGENCY SERVICES 099 - 2020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of West Windsor: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crandell Brothers Trucking Co Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Potterville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pryor Brothers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Windsor in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Hail | West Windsor | - | A trained spotter two miles north northwest of Dimondale reported that hail ranging from pea sized to nickel (three quarters inch diameter) fell for three minutes. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whaley Drain | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| Potterville | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Dimondale | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Kingsland | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Millett | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Delta Center | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Oneida Center | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Waverly | 7.5 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1616194. 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.






