BlockAhgosatown, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Leelanau Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49670. The Survey maps it on the Omena quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1955 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Northport quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Omena quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Charlevoix quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Ahgosatown between 1999 and 2020, burning about 13 acres in total. None 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 | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians | LODGE |
| 15 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians | SUTTONS BY |
| 14 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LEELANAU TOWNSHIP FD 2018205 - 2018 |
| 4 July 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | Michigan Agency | MCKEESE FIREWORKS |
| 29 July 2011 | Fireworks | under an acre | Michigan Agency | HOUSING |
| 21 July 2013 | Smoking | 1.5 acres | Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians | STRONG HART |
| 23 June 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians | NINATGO |
| 5 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LEELANAU TOWNSHIP FD 2018096 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omena | 1.8 miles | 12 | |
| Northport | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Peshawbestown | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Suttons Bay | 7.9 miles | 13 | |
| Lake Leelanau | 9.5 miles | 13 | |
| Leland | 9.8 miles | 10 | |
| Fountain Point | 9.8 miles | 13 | |
| Keswick | 11.0 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122541165 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 619871. 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.