Bucks, Michigan

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Grayling Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49738. The Survey maps it on the Wakeley Lake quadrangle.

Bucks within Crawford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1949 USGS Grayling quadrangle1:62500
1951 USGS Wakeley Lake quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1954 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1983 USGS Grayling quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

69 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Bucks between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,588 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 3 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	37
Equipment and vehicle use	9
Debris and open burning	5
Natural	5
Power generation/transmission/distribution	4
Recreation and ceremony	3
Arson/incendiarism	3
Smoking	2
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
6 September 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
19 September 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	115 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
5 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	CRAWFORD 08 - NORTH FOB
3 August 2004	Natural	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
2 August 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	CRAWFORD 16
2 August 2004	Natural	2.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
17 August 1992	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
17 August 1992	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bucks: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unnamed Clay Prospect	Clay	Prospect

Every working recorded in Crawford County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Wildwood	4.5 miles	13
Babbits Resort	6.0 miles	13
Lovells	6.0 miles	15
Louis Cabin Landing	6.7 miles	14
Forbush Corner	7.7 miles	14
Five Corners	8.0 miles	13
Grayling	9.7 miles	14
Frederic	10.0 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1619356. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.