BlockDennison, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Polkton Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49404. The Survey maps it on the Coopersville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1945 USGS Ravenna quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Coopersville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Dennison between 1993 and 2019, burning about 19 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 | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CROCKERY TOWNSHIP FD 19351 - 2019 |
| 19 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WRIGHT-TALLMADGE FD 0000528 - 2018 |
| 7 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.4 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.4 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OTTAWA 01 |
| 17 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CROCKERY TOWNSHIP FD 0000123 - 2018 |
| 9 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CROCKERY TOWNSHIP FD 19160 - 2019 |
| 21 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | COOPERSVILLE-POLKTON FD 19311 - 2019 |
| 2 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ROBINSON TOWNSHIP FD 19121 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Dennison: 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction Aggregates Corp Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rieth-Riley Constr. Aggregate Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coopersville | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Ottawa Center | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Eastmanville | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Nunica | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Lamont | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Conklin | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Allendale | 7.2 miles | 10 | |
| Pearline | 7.7 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 624550. 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.