BlockCreswell, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Torch Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49648. The Survey maps it on the Central Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Central Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Central Lake quadrangle1:25000
- 1984 USGS Charlevoix quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Creswell between 1995 and 2012, burning about 7 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 2002 | Natural | 2.1 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 June 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 May 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 May 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ANTRIM 02 |
| 14 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Torch Lake | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Snowflake (historical) | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Central Lake | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Eastport | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Kewadin | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Clam River | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| North Arms | 7.2 miles | 15 | |
| Bellaire | 8.0 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617506. 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.