BlockBliss, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Bliss Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49755. The Survey maps it on the Bliss 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
- 1958 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Pellston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Bliss quadrangle1:25000
- 1984 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Bliss between 1994 and 2019, burning about 111 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 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EMMET 10 - CANBY RD. |
| 29 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EMMET 09 - MCCLEARY |
| 26 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EMMET 01 |
| 22 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EMMET 05 - PLEASANTVIEW GRAVEL PIT |
| 22 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MACKINAW CITY FD 19-0058 - 2019 |
| 4 June 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 May 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bliss in 2 storm reports between 1997 and 2016: 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bliss | $6,000 | Multiple trees and power lines were downed. |
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bliss | - | Numerous trees of various sizes were downed in Wilderness State Park. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canby Corners | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Cecil | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Levering | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Carp Lake | 7.2 miles | 11 | |
| Marsh Corner | 7.5 miles | 11 | |
| Van | 8.0 miles | 11 | |
| Cross Village | 8.5 miles | 12 | |
| Pellston | 10.3 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617449. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.