BlockButterfield, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Butterfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49667. The Survey maps it on the Merritt quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Houghton Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Houghton Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Merritt quadrangle1:25000
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
20 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Butterfield between 1992 and 2019, burning about 115 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 August 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MERRITT AREA FD 0112018 - 2018 |
| 4 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MERRITT AREA FD 0102018 - 2018 |
| 4 July 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 June 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MISSAUKEE 08 |
| 20 May 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 50 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Butterfield: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State of Michigan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merritt | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Moddersville | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Prosper | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Dolph | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Dinca | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Star City | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Falmouth | 7.5 miles | 11 | |
| Keelans Corner | 7.7 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617469. 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.