BlockBonifas, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Watersmeet Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49969. The Survey maps it on the Watersmeet quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1952 USGS Watersmeet quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Watersmeet quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Wakefield quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Watersmeet quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Bonifas between 1998 and 2012, burning about 23 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | BRUSH HOG FIRE |
| 8 May 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | BUTCH'S |
| 30 May 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | MARION |
| 3 May 1999 | Natural | 20 acres | Ottawa National Forest | OX YOKE LAKE |
| 24 May 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | NO TOOL FIRE |
| 7 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | SUPERIOR SAWMILL FIR |
| 28 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ottawa National Forest | PAULDING |
| 21 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | TUTTLE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watersmeet | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Fuller | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Tamarack | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Beaton | 9.1 miles | 14 | |
| Katakitckon Indian Village | 11.8 miles | 15 | |
| Stickley | 12.0 miles | 13 | |
| Thayer | 15.6 miles | 13 | |
| Gogebic | 17.9 miles | 12 |
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 Q122545669 | 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 2126061. 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.