BlockBorland, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Deerfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49336. The Survey maps it on the Stanwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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 Big Rapids quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Big Rapids SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Stanwood quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
39 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Borland between 1995 and 2020, burning about 110 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MORLEY AREA FD 2019064 - 2019 |
| 25 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAND LAKE FD 0000296 - 2019 |
| 24 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALPINE TOWNSHIP FD 696 - 2020 |
| 20 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MORTON TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 370 - 2020 |
| 7 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MORLEY AREA FD 2019050 - 2019 |
| 7 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MECOSTA-AUSTIN FD 2019050 - 2019 |
| 19 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MORLEY AREA FD 1800049 - 2018 |
| 8 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MORLEY AREA FD 2019043 - 2019 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higbee Corner | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Stanwood | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Morley | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Rustford | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Altona | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Canadian Lakes | 7.8 miles | 14 | |
| Sylvester | 9.8 miles | 14 | |
| Rodney | 11.1 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1619286. 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.