BlockDuplain, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Duplain Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48879. The Survey maps it on the Ovid West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1918 USGS Elsie quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Elsie quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Ovid West quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Alma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Duplain between 2018 and 2019, burning about 6 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OVID-MIDDLEBURY FD 0000092 - 2019 |
| 2 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ST JOHNS FD 0003928 - 2019 |
| 3 March 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ST JOHNS FD 0003652 - 2018 |
| 28 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ELSIE FD 1900025 - 2019 |
| 23 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ELSIE FD 1900024 - 2019 |
| 12 January 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MAPLE RAPIDS VFD 3 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Duplain: 6 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Excavating Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Central Mich Sand & Gravel Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Clinton County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Karber Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Martin Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Standard Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shepardsville | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Elsie | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Eureka | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Ovid | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Saint Johns | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Price | 8.3 miles | 14 | |
| Westchester Heights | 9.6 miles | 14 | |
| Maple Rapids | 13.3 miles | 14 |
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 Q122550720 | 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 625013. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.