BlockCrisp, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Olive Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49424. The Survey maps it on the Borculo 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.
- 1929 USGS Holland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1932 USGS Holland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Borculo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Holland quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
26 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Crisp between 1992 and 2020, burning about 57 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 8.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OTTAWA 02 |
| 22 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOLLAND TOWNSHIP FD 19543 - 2019 |
| 2 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OTTAWA #002 |
| 14 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OLIVE TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 19180 - 2019 |
| 11 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crisp in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2008 | Flood | Crisp | $3,600,000 | Flooding across portions of Ottawa county was a result of the combination of heavy rain and melting of a significant snowpack across the area. There were up to 80 road closures and significant flooding of numerous intersections. At one time a section of US-31 was closed. Water up to four feet deep across some roads floated several cars. ||The road shoulder and pavement was washed out on several roads in Jamestown, Hudsonville and Conklin. Roads in several subdivisions across Ottawa county were submerged under two to three feet of water and there were reports of first floors of some homes being flooded. ||Severe flooding also occurred in the village of Spring Lake, city of Grand Haven and across Spring Lake and Robinson Townships as the result of back water from an ice jam on the Grand River in Grand Haven. ||A damage assessment conducted by Ottawa county revealed that a total of $270,500 worth of damage occurred to public infrastructure, with a total of $3,292,400 worth of damage to private property. As a result of the widespread flooding, a local state of emergency was declared in Ottawa county. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olive Center | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| New Holland | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Harlem | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Borculo | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Noordeloos | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| West Olive | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Pine Creek | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Waverly | 5.8 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 624065. 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.