BlockBurns Landing, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Powell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49808. The Survey maps it on the Big Bay quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 Big Bay quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Big Bay quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Burns Landing between 1993 and 2020, burning about 72 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 | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | POWELL TOWNSHIP FD 2020017 - 2020 |
| 12 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SALMON TROUT |
| 10 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SULLIVAN CREEK |
| 9 August 2005 | Natural | 2.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 1993 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Burns Landing: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Granite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Creek Slate Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Kona Dolomite | Copper | Producer | Chalcocite, Pyrite, Malachite, Chalcopyrite, Bornite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Bay | 0.8 miles | 12 | |
| Alder | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Gillet Landing | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Homeier | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Antlers | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Huron Mountain | 8.3 miles | 12 | |
| Dodge City | 8.4 miles | 13 | |
| Birch | 12.0 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 Q122571150 | 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 1617467. 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.