BlockDick, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Trout Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49780. The Survey maps it on the Ozark NE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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 Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Ozark NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Sault Ste. Marie South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Dick between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1,909 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | Hiawatha National Forest | PUDDLE |
| 5 August 2014 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Hiawatha National Forest | EVEN ODDS |
| 22 August 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | TWO MONKEYS |
| 15 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Hiawatha National Forest | BACKHOE |
| 28 July 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Hiawatha National Forest | TOM'S LAST |
| 13 July 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | BABY FAUNCE |
| 10 July 2018 | Natural | 32 acres | Hiawatha National Forest | HESSEL |
| 2 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Hiawatha National Forest | TROUT FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cordell | 0.9 miles | 11 | |
| Fibre | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Dryburg | 8.3 miles | 12 | |
| Trout Lake | 9.9 miles | 12 | |
| Rudyard | 12.6 miles | 11 | |
| Strongs Corner | 13.0 miles | 15 | |
| Strongs | 13.6 miles | 15 | |
| Raco | 14.0 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1619714. 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.