BlockEaston, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1985. It stands in New Haven Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48867. The Survey maps it on the Easton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1917 USGS Chesaning quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Chesaning quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Easton quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Alma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Easton between 2018 and 2020, burning about 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHESANING-BRADY FD 88 - 2020 |
| 3 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHESANING-BRADY FD 81 - 2019 |
| 7 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HAZELTON TOWNSHIP FD 0000014 - 2019 |
| 27 April 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHESANING-BRADY FD 38 - 2020 |
| 23 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HAZELTON TOWNSHIP FD 0000018 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Easton: 1 producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Fitzgerald Gravel Co. Pit | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Haven | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Five Points North | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Henderson | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| New Lothrop | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Juddville | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Kerby | 8.0 miles | 13 | |
| Corunna | 9.2 miles | 13 | |
| Owosso | 9.3 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 625296. 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.