BlockChippewa Vista, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Fork Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49305. The Survey maps it on the Sherman City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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 Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Sherman City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Chippewa Vista between 1994 and 2020, burning about 103 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NOTTAWA-SHERMAN TWP FD 0000254 - 2019 |
| 21 June 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 May 2008 | Other causes | 6.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MECOSTA 01 |
| 24 May 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.7 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 May 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BARRYTON COMMUNITY FD 0000020 - 2018 |
| 28 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BARRYTON COMMUNITY FD 0000024 - 2018 |
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.
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 Q122593874 | 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 623229. 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.