BlockAskel, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Portage Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49958. It stands on Otter River. The Survey maps it on the Otter Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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 Pelkie quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Otter Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS L'Anse quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Askel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BARAGA FD 2020-52 - 2020 |
| 30 June 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ASPEN DR |
| 8 November 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Agency | 006 |
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 Askel: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mica Schist Drill Sample | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Askel in 1 storm report in 2019: 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Flood | Askel | - | Abundant and wet snow pack along with moderate rainfall at times contributed to minor flooding along the Sturgeon River from the 8th into early on the 13th. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tapiola | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Elo | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Klingville | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Portage Entry | 9.4 miles | 12 | |
| Chassell | 9.6 miles | 19 | |
| White City | 10.1 miles | 12 | |
| Hazel | 10.4 miles | 13 | |
| Jacobsville | 10.7 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2124168. 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.
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.