BlockChalkerville, Michigan
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Putnam Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48169. It stands on Portage Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gregory quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1919 USGS Stockbridge quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1922 USGS Stockbridge quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1942 USGS Stockbridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Gregory quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Gregory quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
24 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Chalkerville between 2010 and 2019, burning about 89 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DEXTER AREA FD 0000639 - 2018 |
| 17 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | UNADILLA TOWNSHIP FD 0000138 - 2018 |
| 9 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DEXTER AREA FD 1900610 - 2019 |
| 9 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHELSEA AREA FIRE AUTHORITY 190826 - 2019 |
| 5 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHELSEA AREA FIRE AUTHORITY 0000470 - 2018 |
| 8 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DEXTER AREA FD 1900373 - 2019 |
| 8 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | UNADILLA TOWNSHIP FD 050 - 2019 |
| 3 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DEXTER AREA FD 1900353 - 2019 |
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 Chalkerville: 2 producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Livingston County Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Washtenaw County Road Comm. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiserville | 0.6 miles | 16 | |
| Hell | 1.8 miles | 19 | |
| Unadilla | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Bullis Crossing | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Anderson | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Gregory | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Williamsville | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Pinckney | 4.2 miles | 19 |
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 Q122560533 | 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 623044. 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.