BlockDecker, Michigan
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Lamotte Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48426. The Survey maps it on the Decker quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Flint quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Decker quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Flint quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Flint quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Decker in 1992, burning about 5 acres in total. None 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 June 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Decker: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albrecht Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sanilac County Road Commission Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sanilac County Road Commission Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Decker in 7 storm reports between 1994 and 2008: 5 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1996 | Hail | Decker | $150,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Decker | - | Large tree limbs reported down. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Decker | - | Trained spotters reported numerous tree limbs ranging from 3 to 9 inches in diameter were broken off trees due to thunderstorm winds. |
| July 1994 | Hail | Decker | - | A skywarn spotter reported quarter-size hail in Decker. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Decker | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Decker | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Decker | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 624436. 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.