BlockBaie de Wasai, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Sugar Island Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49783. It stands on Beaver Dam Creek. The Survey maps it on the Baie de Wasai quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1919 USGS Neebish quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Neebish quadrangle1:63360
- 1951 USGS Baie De Wasai quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Lake George quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Sault Ste. Marie South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Baie de Wasai between 1992 and 2020, burning about 56 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 June 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRUCE TOWNSHIP VFD 2019008 - 2019 |
| 9 May 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.9 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EAST 5 MILE |
| 5 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SPRING PEEPER |
| 5 May 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 May 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SUGAR ISLAND VFD 0001908 - 2019 |
| 27 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOO TOWNSHIP FD 0011-20 - 2020 |
| 16 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOO TOWNSHIP FD 0010-20 - 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gardenville | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Brassar | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Lake Superior Estates | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Sault Sainte Marie | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Rosedale | 7.2 miles | 16 | |
| Payment | 7.3 miles | 11 | |
| Churchville | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| McCarron | 9.1 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 620440. 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.