BlockDevils Elbow, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in East Bay Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49696. The Survey maps it on the Jacks Landing quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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 Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fife Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Jacks Landing quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
53 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Devils Elbow between 1992 and 2020, burning about 385 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2002 | Fireworks | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAND TRAVERSE 09 |
| 7 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 August 1992 | Natural | 6.8 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAND TRAVERSE METRO FD 182464 - 2018 |
| 5 July 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 July 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacks Landing | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Fivemile Corner | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Mayfield | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Acme | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Bates | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Williamsburg | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Kingsley | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Mabel | 8.9 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 624600. 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.