BlockBlom, Michigan
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Faithorn Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49892. It stands on Camp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cunard quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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 Escanaba quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Powers quadrangle1:62500
- 1982 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Cunard quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
28 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Blom between 1994 and 2019, burning about 132 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FAITHORN TOWNSHIP VFD 0090118 - 2018 |
| 7 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 July 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRAY FIELD |
| 11 July 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 June 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 6.6 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | JD 1 FIRE |
| 30 June 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 June 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 June 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | JD 2 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617450. 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.