BlockEstey, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Bentley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48652. The Survey maps it on the Estey quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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 Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Estey quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Midland quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Estey between 1993 and 2020, burning about 326 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 June 2019 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BILLINGS TOWNSHIP FD 0000167 - 2019 |
| 9 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GLADWIN 03 |
| 24 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BILLINGS TOWNSHIP FD 0000125 - 2018 |
| 2 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MIDLAND 20 |
| 13 May 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhodes | 2.7 miles | 10 | |
| Highwood | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Lockwood Beach | 7.1 miles | 10 | |
| Billings | 7.6 miles | 10 | |
| Winegars | 9.9 miles | 10 | |
| Wooden Shoe Village | 11.0 miles | 10 | |
| White Star | 11.4 miles | 10 | |
| Dale | 12.2 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 625651. 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.