Dice Corners, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Lee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48640. The Survey maps it on the Gordonville 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.
- 1934 USGS Sanford quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Sanford 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 Gordonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Midland quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
83 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Dice Corners between 1992 and 2020, burning about 91 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LINCOLN TOWNSHIP FD 0000169 - 2019 |
| 17 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MIDLAND 14 |
| 8 July 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOMER TOWNSHIP FD 0000183 - 2018 |
| 19 July 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MIDLAND FD 9002895 - 2019 |
| 8 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MIDLAND 07 |
| 7 June 2018 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MIDLAND 04 - WEST 11 MILE RD |
| 7 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MIDLAND 03 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Gordonville | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Olson | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Averill | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Sanford | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Saint Elmo | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Midland | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Bullock Creek | 6.8 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122550023 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 624652. 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.







