BlockEmery, Michigan
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Northfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48105. The Survey maps it on the Ann Arbor East quadrangle.
On record in Emery
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Leland, Joshua G. and Nancy (Bly), Houselisted 2025 · 0.4 miles away- German Park Recreation Clublisted 2025 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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.
- 1902 USGS South Lyon quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Ann Arbor quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1906 USGS South Lyon quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1908 USGS Ann Arbor quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Ann Arbor East quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
18 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Emery between 2018 and 2020, burning about 18 acres in total. 3 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 | 9 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SALEM TOWNSHIP FD 190379 - 2019 |
| 18 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SALEM TOWNSHIP FD 190403 - 2019 |
| 30 July 2018 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTHFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0000445 - 2018 |
| 25 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SALEM TOWNSHIP FD 0000312 - 2018 |
| 12 July 2019 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ANN ARBOR TOWNSHIP FD 19652 - 2019 |
| 6 May 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ANN ARBOR FD 0812958 - 2018 |
| 21 May 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ANN ARBOR TOWNSHIP FD 19476 - 2019 |
| 6 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SUPERIOR TOWNSHIP FD 0000186 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Emery: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O E Gooding & Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Washtenaw Pit and 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northfield | 2.6 miles | 22 | |
| Worden | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Dixboro | 3.6 miles | 22 | |
| Frain Lake | 4.1 miles | 24 | |
| Barton Hills | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Brookville | 5.7 miles | 24 | |
| Foster | 6.1 miles | 17 | |
| Salem | 6.3 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 625574. 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.