BlockEldorado, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in South Branch Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48653. The Survey maps it on the Eldorado quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Eldorado quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Grayling quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
36 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Eldorado between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,913 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 3 were 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 | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | EAST BRUSH ROAD #2 |
| 19 September 2017 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CRAWFORD 11 - CRAWFORD BRUSH RD |
| 5 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 199 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | JACOBS |
| 27 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTH BRANCH TOWNSHIP FD 0043337 - 2018 |
| 26 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTH BRANCH TOWNSHIP FD 0043270 - 2018 |
| 23 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | MISSING |
| 18 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | ROADSIDE # 3 |
| 18 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | ROADSIDE # 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five Corners | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| Deerheart Valley | 9.8 miles | 14 | |
| Wildwood | 10.0 miles | 13 | |
| Babbits Resort | 12.4 miles | 13 | |
| Pere Cheney | 12.6 miles | 13 | |
| Louis Cabin Landing | 13.5 miles | 14 | |
| Bucks | 14.0 miles | 13 | |
| Lovells | 15.2 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1619840. 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.