BlockCrystal Valley, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Crystal Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49420. The Survey maps it on the Crystal Valley quadrangle.
On record in Crystal Valley
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Jared H. Gay Houselisted 1989
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1931 USGS Custer SW quadrangle1:31680
- 1954 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Custer quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1976 USGS Custer SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Ludington quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Crystal Valley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
23 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Crystal Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 66 acres in total. 2 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 | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HART FD 98 - 2020 |
| 8 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | BARBERRY |
| 8 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2020 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.3 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OCEANA 07 |
| 6 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OCEANA 03 |
| 4 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HART FD 50 - 2019 |
| 4 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weare | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Elbridge | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Walkerville | 7.3 miles | 11 | |
| Hart | 8.5 miles | 12 | |
| Colfax | 8.7 miles | 11 | |
| Pentwater | 10.4 miles | 10 | |
| French Town | 10.6 miles | 10 | |
| Mears | 11.6 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1619635. 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.