BlockDinca, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Aetna Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49632. The Survey maps it on the Dinca quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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 Lake City quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Cadillac quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Dinca quadrangle1:25000
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
23 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Dinca between 1992 and 2019, burning about 81 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAKE MISSAUKEE FD 0000049 - 2019 |
| 8 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MISSAUKEE 07 - FORWARD ROAD FIRE |
| 25 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MISSAUKEE 10 |
| 16 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MISSAUKEE 06 |
| 11 July 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.3 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MISSAUKEE 08 - WEST FALMOUTH |
| 11 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MISSAUKEE 05 |
| 5 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | GOLDEN RETRIEVER |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prosper | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Falmouth | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Keelans Corner | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Butterfield | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Vogel Center | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Moddersville | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Merritt | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Star City | 7.3 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617527. 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.