BlockDewing's, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Le Roy Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49655. The Survey maps it on the Bristol quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1933 USGS Luther SE quadrangle1:31680
- 1954 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Luther quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Cadillac quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Bristol quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
22 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Dewing's (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 119 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 | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LEROY-ROSE LAKE FD 2019095 - 2019 |
| 6 July 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LEROY-ROSE LAKE FD 2019084 - 2019 |
| 4 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TUSTIN AREA FD 2019065 - 2019 |
| 4 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TUSTIN AREA FD 2019066 - 2019 |
| 4 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAKE 01 |
| 22 May 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAKE 01 |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2514680. 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.