BlockElbridge, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Elbridge Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49420. The Survey maps it on the Walkerville West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1931 USGS Walkerville NW quadrangle1:31680
- 1954 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Hesperia quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Hersperia NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Ludington quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Walkerville West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
22 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Elbridge between 1995 and 2020, burning about 32 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 August 2001 | Smoking | 9.6 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WALKERVILLE AREA FIRE/RESCUE 2018093 - 2018 |
| 6 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 July 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 July 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WALKERVILLE AREA FIRE/RESCUE 189 - 2019 |
| 7 May 2020 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.3 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OCEANA 07 |
| 4 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WALKERVILLE AREA FIRE/RESCUE 58 - 2020 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walkerville | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Crystal Valley | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Ferry | 7.0 miles | 11 | |
| Weare | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Hart | 7.7 miles | 12 | |
| Colfax | 8.4 miles | 11 | |
| Shelby | 9.4 miles | 11 | |
| Mears | 10.6 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1619839. 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.