BlockAlfred, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1986. It stands in West Branch Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49831. It stands on North Branch Ford River. The Survey maps it on the Alfred quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1957 USGS Northland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Gwinn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Alfred quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Alfred between 2005 and 2015, burning about 20 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SWEET APPLE |
| 28 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SCHULTZ RD |
| 8 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MARQUETTE #002 |
| 21 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PHONEBOX |
| 12 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SCREEN |
| 19 October 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.7 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | YELLOW ROCK ROAD |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| Hardwood | 9.0 miles | 9 | |
| Hylas | 9.1 miles | 9 | |
| Foster City | 10.2 miles | 9 | |
| Spruce | 10.2 miles | 9 | |
| Felch | 11.9 miles | 9 | |
| Felch Mountain | 12.0 miles | 11 | |
| Theodore | 12.2 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617410. 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.