BlockBorculo, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Blendon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49464. The Survey maps it on the Borculo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1929 USGS Holland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1932 USGS Holland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Borculo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Holland quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Borculo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 26 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 August 2019 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BLENDON TOWNSHIP FD 19300 - 2019 |
| 23 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 8.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OTTAWA 02 |
| 2 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OTTAWA #002 |
| 14 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OLIVE TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 19180 - 2019 |
| 10 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOLLAND TOWNSHIP FD 20528 - 2020 |
| 10 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BLENDON TOWNSHIP FD 19281 - 2019 |
| 7 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OLIVE TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000153 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Borculo in 2 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Borculo | $50,000 | no account filed |
| March 2026 | Hail | Borculo | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crisp | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Noordeloos | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| New Holland | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Olive Center | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Beaverdam | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| North Blendon | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Harlem | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Zeeland | 5.0 miles | 11 |
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 Q122551686 | 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 621742. 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.