BlockAtwood, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Banks Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49729. The Survey maps it on the Atwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Central Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Atwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Charlevoix quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Atwood between 1995 and 2019, burning about 48 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 June 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BANKS TOWNSHIP FD 18-0007 - 2018 |
| 15 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BANKS TOWNSHIP FD 019-008 - 2019 |
| 3 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BANKS TOWNSHIP FD 019-005 - 2019 |
| 2 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Atwood: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drenth Bros Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Atwood in 1 storm report in 2011: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Hail | Atwood | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastport | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Ellsworth | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Torch Lake | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Central Lake | 8.7 miles | 12 | |
| Creswell | 11.0 miles | 12 | |
| Snowflake (historical) | 11.6 miles | 12 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 12.9 miles | 12 | |
| Finkton | 14.8 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 620314. 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.