BlockCrow Island, Michigan
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Buena Vista Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48601. It lies near Carrollton Bar. The Survey maps it on the Saginaw quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1919 USGS Saginaw quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1941 USGS Saginaw quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Saginaw quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Saginaw quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Flint quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Flint quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
58 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Crow Island between 2018 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAGINAW FD 2855 - 2019 |
| 27 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAGINAW FD 2804 - 2019 |
| 23 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAGINAW FD 3119 - 2018 |
| 10 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BUENA VISTA FD 1407 - 2019 |
| 1 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAGINAW FD 2840 - 2018 |
| 8 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAGINAW FD 2576 - 2018 |
| 7 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAGINAW FD 2571 - 2018 |
| 6 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CARROLLTON TOWNSHIP FD 74 - 2020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Crow Island: 3 producers, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Calcium, Graphite, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrollton Lime Kiln Mill | Calcium | Producer | ||
| E.Saginaw Clay Sample | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Prospect | ||
| Wickes Eng'Ng Matls--Saginaw, Mich. | Graphite | Producer | ||
| Saginaw Mill | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Saginaw Rock Prdts--Carrollton Mill | Limestone, General | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zilwaukee | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| Carrollton | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Kochville | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Buena Vista | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Indiantown | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Saginaw | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Lawndale | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| Frankentrost | 7.3 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617508. 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.