BlockCheviers, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Curtis Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48737. The Survey maps it on the Glennie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Tawas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Glennie quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Hubbard Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Glennie quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
60 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Cheviers between 1992 and 2020, burning about 126 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 26 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | LORENZ |
| 31 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | DEERLAND |
| 19 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | HUNTERS |
| 19 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | SHEEP RANCH |
| 16 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | DEERLAND RD |
| 5 July 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CURTIS TOWNSHIP FD 0000011 - 2019 |
| 5 July 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | DE MOTT |
| 22 July 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | HAYES |
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 Cheviers: 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 Pit #232 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glennie | 0.8 miles | 11 | |
| Wallace | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Bryant | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Kurtz | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Curtisville | 6.9 miles | 9 | |
| Barton City | 10.6 miles | 11 | |
| Curran | 10.8 miles | 9 | |
| Killmaster | 15.8 miles | 11 |
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 Q122572476 | 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 1617487. 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.