BlockBear Town, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Baraga Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49908. The Survey maps it on the Bear Town quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 Pelkie quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Bear Town quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS L'Anse quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
78 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Bear Town between 1994 and 2020, burning about 184 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 3 were 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 | 33 |
| Fireworks | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Agency | ZEBA ALLOTMENT |
| 5 September 2011 | Fireworks | under an acre | Michigan Agency | LABOR |
| 28 September 2013 | Fireworks | under an acre | Michigan Agency | US 41 PINES |
| 27 September 2013 | Fireworks | under an acre | Michigan Agency | PONDS |
| 27 September 2013 | Fireworks | under an acre | Michigan Agency | US 41 #1 |
| 27 September 2013 | Fireworks | under an acre | Michigan Agency | US 41 #2 |
| 5 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Agency | RR TRACKS |
| 24 August 2000 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Michigan Agency | 008 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bear Town: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baraga County Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617436. 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.