BlockBillings, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Billings Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48612. It stands on Davids Drain. The Survey maps it on the Hope quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Hope quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Midland quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
46 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Billings between 1996 and 2020, burning about 307 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 | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MIDLAND 13 |
| 2 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 June 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MIDLAND 05 - TOBACCO RIDGE RD |
| 26 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GLADWIN 14 |
| 4 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GLADWIN 05 |
| 3 May 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GLADWIN 06 |
| 24 May 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Billings: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Brick&Tile Co Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lockwood Beach | 0.8 miles | 10 | |
| Dale | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Highwood | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Winegars | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Beaverton | 7.6 miles | 10 | |
| Estey | 7.6 miles | 10 | |
| Wooden Shoe Village | 8.9 miles | 10 | |
| White Star | 9.1 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617445. 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.