BlockAyr, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Pleasantview Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49706. The Survey maps it on the Alanson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1955 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Petoskey quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Petoskey NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Petoskey quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Alanson quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
33 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Ayr between 1992 and 2020, burning about 53 acres in total. 1 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 | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PELLSTON FD 097920 - 2019 |
| 7 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2016 | Fireworks | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EMMET 0004 |
| 4 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALANSON-LITTLEFIELD FD 1942 - 2019 |
| 14 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALANSON-LITTLEFIELD FD 1945 - 2019 |
| 8 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HARBOR SPRINGS AREA FD 201976 - 2019 |
| 7 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HARBOR SPRINGS AREA FD 202055 - 2020 |
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 Ayr: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bosma Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Jurek 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant View | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Brutus | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Alanson | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Oden | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Conway | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Pellston | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Ponshewaing | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Menonaqua Beach | 6.2 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617428. 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.