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Westwood, Michigan

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Rapid River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49659. The Survey maps it on the Westwood quadrangle.

Westwood within Kalkaska County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

45 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Westwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 62 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
Debris and open burning18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking4
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
2 September 2004Smokingunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 September 2012Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesANTRIM 05 - COUNTY LINE
4 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMANCELONA FD 0015433 - 2018
25 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMANCELONA FD 0017235 - 2018
25 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.2 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesANTRIM 03 - JOHNSON RD FIRE
25 August 1992Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 August 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesKALKASKA 07

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kalkaska County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Westwood: 7 producers, 1 past producer. 7 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Antrim Co Pit Schworm IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Antrim Co Pit Wiggins & SonSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Antrim Co Pits/Tri-Co Sand & StoneSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kler's PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kler's Pit Manthei Dev CorpSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mancelona PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Schworm Kalaska County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wilkes PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Kalkaska 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
Leetsville4.6 miles14
Darragh6.1 miles14
Kalkaska9.0 miles15
Rapid City9.6 miles12
Cotton10.8 miles14
Torch River11.8 miles12
Barker Creek12.2 miles12
Sigma12.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617934. 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.