BlockAlverno, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Benton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49721. The Survey maps it on the Aloha 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 Cheboygan quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Aloha quadrangle1:25000
- 1984 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
20 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Alverno between 1994 and 2020, burning about 169 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 July 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 June 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.3 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 June 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 June 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 52 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHEBOYGAN 07 |
| 11 June 2020 | Other causes | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHEBOYGAN 07 - DIRTY DUCK FIRE |
| 7 May 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Alverno: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manning | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Orchard Beach | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Mullett Lake Woods | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Aloha | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Mullett Lake | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| Silver Beach | 7.5 miles | 11 | |
| Cheboygan | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Birchwood | 7.9 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617413. 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.