BlockAngel, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Whitewater Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49690. The Survey maps it on the Williamsburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1954 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Elk Rapids quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:25000
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
28 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Angel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 45 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Agency | TURTLE CREEK 2 |
| 5 August 2004 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 6.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 August 2001 | Fireworks | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 July 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 July 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAND TRAVERSE 03 - BROOMHEAD-M72 |
| 18 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ELK RAPIDS TOWNSHIP FD 0015642 - 2019 |
| 29 June 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Michigan Agency | TCC |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yuba | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Williamsburg | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Bates | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Mabel | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Acme | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Mapleton | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Fivemile Corner | 8.2 miles | 13 | |
| Old Mission | 9.7 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617284. 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.