BlockAmble, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Winfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49329. The Survey maps it on the Howard City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Howard City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Howard City NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Howard City quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
16 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Amble between 1992 and 2019, burning about 28 acres in total. 5 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 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MORLEY AREA FD 1800049 - 2018 |
| 8 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MORLEY AREA FD 2019043 - 2019 |
| 8 May 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 7.5 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | CABIN FIRE |
| 7 May 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MORLEY AREA FD 2019023 - 2019 |
| 6 April 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAKEVIEW DISTRICT FD 0000061 - 2019 |
| 3 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MORLEY AREA FD 2019020 - 2019 |
| 28 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MORLEY AREA FD 1800026 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Amble in 4 storm reports between 1995 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amble | $100,000 | About 100 trees of 18 to 24 inch diameter were blown over, houses and vehicles were damaged. One barn was destroyed. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amble | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported downed trees and power outages across the county. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amble | $5,000 | Trees and wires blown down by wind gusts estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Amble | - | A trained spotter reported one inch diameter hail near Amble. Golf ball sized hail was covering the ground near North County Line Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coral | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Howard City | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Lakeview | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Maple Hill | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Hiram | 7.8 miles | 12 | |
| Trufant | 8.3 miles | 12 | |
| Pierson | 9.6 miles | 12 | |
| Langston | 11.2 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1619021. 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.
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.