BlockCharles, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in St. Ignace Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49781. It stands on Carp River. The Survey maps it on the Charles quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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 Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Charles quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Sault Ste. Marie South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Charles between 1995 and 2020, burning about 29 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | MEDIAN |
| 24 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | 360 |
| 8 June 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | MILE 354 |
| 9 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Hiawatha National Forest | not named |
| 3 April 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | CARP RIVER #1 |
| 24 April 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | Hiawatha National Forest | SMELT |
| 20 April 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | CARP RIVER #2 |
| 15 April 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.6 acres | Hiawatha National Forest | CARP RIVER #2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Charles in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Hail | Charles | - | Report of nickel size hail 7.5 miles WNW of Hessel in eastern Mackinac county. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Charles | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pontchartrain Shores | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Allenville | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Moran | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Simmons | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Evergreen Shores | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| British Landing | 9.8 miles | 11 | |
| Saint Ignace | 10.2 miles | 10 | |
| Fort Holmes | 11.5 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 623107. 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.
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.