BlockDale, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Tobacco Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48612. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Edenville 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.
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Edenville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Midland quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
41 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Dale between 1994 and 2020, burning about 122 acres in total. None 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 | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MIDLAND 08 |
| 27 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MIDLAND 15 |
| 10 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MIDLAND 13 |
| 2 July 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MIDLAND 05 - TOBACCO RIDGE RD |
| 17 June 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 May 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GLADWIN 09 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Dale: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
4 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dale in 4 storm reports between 2013 and 2021: 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Flash Flood | Dale | $6,500,000 | Multiple dams on the Tittabawassee River system were in danger during and after the heavy rain event. Significant releases of water from Secord and Smallwood Dams caused periods of rapid, flash flooding downstream of those dams on parts of the 18th and 19th. Tremendous erosion of the river banks occurred, and some roads and properties were damaged. Those releases did manage to save those two dams. However, downstream, Edenville Dam was unable to be saved. That dam failed catastrophically on the evening of the 19th, releasing the contents of Wixom Lake to downstream portions of the Tittabawassee River.|Note that Edenville Dam was located just north of the Gladwin/Midland County line. The Tittabawassee River enters Midland County immediately after leaving the dam. Thus, the vast majority of the downstream flooding caused by the failure of Edenville Dam will be found in Midland County and other downstream counties. Also note that the indirect damages of the Edenville Dam failure in Gladwin County are considerable, but difficult to quantify. To just touch on one topic, there were hundreds of lakefront properties on Wixom Lake, behind the dam. That lake no longer exists, and those properties have seen loss of property value, and residents and vacationers see a lesser quality of life. |
| June 2017 | Flash Flood | Dale | $25,000 | Rainfall of 3.20 was measured in Gladwin; heavier rains fell in the southern portion of Gladwin County. A number of roads were flooded, and several were washed out. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dale | $2,000 | Several trees down on Middle Rd. Reported by bait shop employee. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Dale | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaverton | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Billings | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Lockwood Beach | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Lyle | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Winegars | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Highwood | 8.3 miles | 10 | |
| Gladwin | 8.9 miles | 10 | |
| White Star | 9.2 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 624284. 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.
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.