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Woodbury, Michigan

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1984. It lies in ZIP code area 48849. The Survey maps it on the Woodbury quadrangle.

Woodbury within Eaton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

8 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Woodbury between 2015 and 2020, burning about 64 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/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning1
Natural1

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
22 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSUNFIELD FD 2019191 - 2019
2 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWOODLAND TOWNSHIP FD 0000090 - 2018
7 May 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWOODLAND TOWNSHIP FD 0000045 - 2019
23 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWOODLAND TOWNSHIP FD 0000054 - 2018
17 April 2015Debris and open burning57 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBARRY 02
11 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSUNFIELD FD 2018093 - 2018
28 March 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWOODLAND TOWNSHIP FD 0000044 - 2019
29 February 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWOODLAND TOWNSHIP FD 0000027 - 2020

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Eaton County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Woodbury: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Ionia Co. Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lawson Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Eaton County

Storms near this place

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodbury in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2019: 1 flash flood, 1 flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2013FloodWoodbury$3,000,000Heavy rainfall caused significant flooding on rivers and streams across Eaton county.
July 2011Flash FloodWoodbury$1,000,000Six to eight inches of rain fell across much of Eaton county from the late evening hours of July 27 through the early morning hours of July 29. This caused flash flooding and numerous road closures and washouts. A co-op observer measured 7.15 inches of rain in Diamondale. Three to four feet of ponding water in a field in Diamondale damaged several pieces of farm equipment that were part of a farm implement show.||Interstate 69 was closed in Eaton County between Vermontville Highway and Windsor Road due to rapidly flowing water over the road.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindWoodbury$50,000There were two houses that sustained damage in the form of broken windows and lost roofing and shingle damage.

Every storm recorded in Eaton 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
Sunfield4.3 miles10
Shaytown6.5 miles10
Little Venice8.0 miles10
Mulliken9.4 miles10
Vermontville9.5 miles10
Hoytville9.6 miles10
Gresham12.6 miles10
Stalls Corner12.6 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1616738. 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.