BlockAvondale, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Hartwick Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49631. The Survey maps it on the Marion quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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 Marion quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Cadillac quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Marion quadrangle1:25000
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Avondale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 220 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8.6 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OSCEOLA 03 |
| 7 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MARION COMMUNITY FD 114 - 2020 |
| 10 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OSCEOLA 01 |
| 5 June 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 June 2018 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EVART VFD 439 - 2018 |
| 22 June 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 May 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EVART VFD 217 - 2020 |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617427. 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.