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Bullock Creek, Michigan

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Midland Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48640. It stands on Bullock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Midland South quadrangle.

Bullock Creek within Midland 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.

Fires near this place

39 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Bullock Creek between 1996 and 2020, burning about 93 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
Debris and open burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural4
Other causes1
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMIDLAND FD 9003558 - 2019
22 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLINCOLN TOWNSHIP FD 0000169 - 2019
27 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMIDLAND TOWNSHIP FD 19292 - 2019
19 July 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMIDLAND FD 9002895 - 2019
9 May 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMIDLAND FD 8001894 - 2018
9 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.4 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMIDLAND 01
8 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMIDLAND FD 9001430 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Midland County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Bullock Creek: 3 past producers, 3 producers, 1 plant, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Magnesite, Clay, Halite, Bromine, Iodine, Calcium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dow Chemical Company - Midland Michigan OperationsHalitePast Producer1892
Dow-MidlandMagnesite, Bromine, Iodine, CalciumProducer1940
Midland Brick and Tile Co Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Midland PropertyPotassiumUnknown
Dow Chemical Co Clay PitClayPast Producer
Tittabawassee Clay PitClayPast Producer
Dow Chemical Co--Hope, Mich.MagnesiteProducer
Martin Marietta-MidlandMagnesitePlant

Every working recorded in Midland County

Storms near this place

3 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bullock Creek in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2020: 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2008HailBullock Creek-A heavy burst of hail of varying sizes covering ground up to 2 inches.
April 2020HailBullock Creek-no account filed
May 2011HailBullock Creek-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Midland 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Dean1.9 miles13
Midland2.2 miles13
Poseyville3.0 miles13
Mapleton3.6 miles13
Lockport4.0 miles13
Golden4.6 miles13
Gordonville6.5 miles13
Dice Corners6.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 622241. 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.

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.