BlockAmber, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Amber Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49454. The Survey maps it on the Scottville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1932 USGS Ludington NE quadrangle1:31680
- 1954 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Ludington quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Ludington quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Scottville quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
13 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Amber between 1996 and 2020, burning about 82 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SCOTTVILLE FD 20-0199 - 2020 |
| 25 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MASON 02 - VICTORY |
| 18 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SCOTTVILLE FD 19-0191 - 2019 |
| 15 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PERE MARQUETTE FD 0000202 - 2019 |
| 8 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SCOTTVILLE FD 20-0144 - 2020 |
| 8 May 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 May 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DALTON TOWNSHIP FD 0000364 - 2019 |
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 Amber: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keiser's Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scottville | 2.1 miles | 10 | |
| Riverton (historical) | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Sugar Grove | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Custer | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Wiley | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| White Pine Village | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| Ludington | 7.1 miles | 10 | |
| Buttersville | 7.3 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1622648. 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.