BlockDevils Corner, Michigan
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Fairbanks Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49835. The Survey maps it on the Devils Corner quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1932 USGS Burnt Bluff NE quadrangle1:31680
- 1954 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fairport quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Manistique quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Devils Corner quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Devils Corner between 2002 and 2019, burning about 22 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GARDEN TOWNSHIP VFD 0201917 - 2019 |
| 27 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GARDEN TOWNSHIP VFD 0201915 - 2019 |
| 29 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GARDEN TOWNSHIP VFD 0201913 - 2019 |
| 21 June 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GARDEN TOWNSHIP VFD 0201812 - 2018 |
| 10 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GARDEN WATER TOWER |
| 26 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FAYETTE FIRE |
| 20 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GARDEN TOWNSHIP VFD 0201906 - 2019 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fayette | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Garden | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Sac Bay | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Nahma | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| Fairport | 8.5 miles | 9 | |
| Isabella | 11.0 miles | 10 | |
| Garden Corners | 11.1 miles | 10 | |
| Nahma Junction | 12.3 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617523. 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.