BlockChippewa, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Orient Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49679. It stands on Atkinson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake NE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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 Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Lake NE quadrangle1:25000
- 1991 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
48 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Chippewa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 244 acres in total. 3 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 | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 September 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GARFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 239 - 2020 |
| 22 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gibos Corners (historical) | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Sears | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Evart | 8.0 miles | 13 | |
| Avondale | 11.3 miles | 11 | |
| Marion | 15.5 miles | 11 | |
| Pisgah Heights | 16.1 miles | 11 | |
| Slaybaugh Corner | 17.3 miles | 13 | |
| Hersey | 17.9 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2514665. 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.