BlockBig Bend, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Big Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49349. It stands on South Mitchell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Big Bend quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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 Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Woodville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Big Bend quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
91 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Big Bend between 1996 and 2020, burning about 367 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 10 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 | 43 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | OXBOW LAKE |
| 7 July 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | DAM |
| 12 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MECOSTA 03 |
| 12 July 2001 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | ONE MILE |
| 3 June 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CROTON TOWNSHIP FD 74 - 2020 |
| 29 June 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | ONCE AGAIN |
| 11 June 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | HARDY FIRE |
| 8 May 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | JONSON 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxbow Park | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Big Prairie | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Oxbow | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Croton Heights | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Riverview | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Croton | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Tift Corner | 9.1 miles | 12 | |
| White Cloud | 10.2 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1619185. 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.