BlockBarbeau, Michigan
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Bruce Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49710. The Survey maps it on the Barbeau quadrangle. It stands 656 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1913 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:63360
- 1951 USGS Barbeau quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Sault Ste. Marie quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 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
13 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Barbeau between 1992 and 2020, burning about 295 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 | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 July 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.4 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 14 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 June 2016 | Debris and open burning | 82 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 June 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | 16 MILE FIRE |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122543814 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617431. 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.