BlockDelwin, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Denver Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48858. It stands on Jordon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Leaton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1930 USGS Shepherd quadrangle1:48000
- 1930 USGS Shepherd quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1936 USGS Shepherd quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Leaton quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Midland quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Delwin between 1992 and 2019, burning about 44 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.4 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ISABELLA 03 |
| 29 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 2017 | Other causes | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MIDLAND 05 |
| 18 May 1996 | Smoking | 20 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 May 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.7 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ISABELLA 01 |
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MT PLEASANT FD 0000289 - 2018 |
| 21 April 1994 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leaton | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Wise | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Jordan | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Rosebush | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Country Place Park | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Vernon Center | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Loomis | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Alembic | 6.9 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 624539. 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.