BlockAuburn Heights, Michigan
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Auburn Hills City. It lies in ZIP code area 48326. The Survey maps it on the Rochester quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1908 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1936 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:31680
- 1945 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1985 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
31 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Auburn Heights between 2018 and 2020, burning about 29 acres in total. 4 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 | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0003804 - 2019 |
| 29 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ROCHESTER HILLS FD 0005044 - 2019 |
| 23 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ROCHESTER HILLS FD 0004371 - 2020 |
| 17 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WATERFORD TOWNSHIP FD 0008643 - 2019 |
| 1 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ROCHESTER HILLS FD 0004453 - 2019 |
| 4 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | AUBURN HILLS FD 0001651 - 2020 |
| 25 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ROCHESTER HILLS FD 0004326 - 2019 |
| 14 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ROCHESTER HILLS FD 0004065 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Auburn Heights: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Mt Plant No. 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Nay and Gladstone Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Underwood Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Grove | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Pontiac | 3.6 miles | 21 | |
| Bloomfield Hills | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Auburn Hills | 3.8 miles | 21 | |
| Rochester Hills | 4.2 miles | 21 | |
| Charing Cross | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Troy | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Rochester | 5.7 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 620336. 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.