BlockBell Landing, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Ocqueoc Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49759. It stands on Ocqueoc River. The Survey maps it on the Ocqueoc quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1955 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Onaway quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Petoskey quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Ocqueoc quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Bell Landing between 2002 and 2018, burning about 50 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 | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2016 | Natural | 8.9 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 July 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PRESQUE ISLE 03 - GLASS MAKER |
| 19 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.4 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PRESQUE ISLE 02 - FECON |
| 18 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PRESQUE ISLE 01 - AEROSOL |
| 17 July 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PRESQUE ISLE 03 |
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 Bell Landing: 1 producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State of Michigan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huron Beach | 1.0 miles | 11 | |
| Hammond | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Evergreen Beach | 5.1 miles | 7 | |
| Grace | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Ocqueoc | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Manitou Beach | 7.5 miles | 7 | |
| Rainy Beach | 7.9 miles | 11 | |
| Canfield Beach | 8.1 miles | 11 |
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 Q122588457 | 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 1617438. 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.