BlockEvans, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Courtland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49319. The Survey maps it on the Evans 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.
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Evans quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
28 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Evans between 2009 and 2020, burning about 50 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | SOUTH CROTON |
| 14 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CEDAR SPRINGS FD 0039619 - 2019 |
| 12 August 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SPENCER TOWNSHIP FD 0000259 - 2018 |
| 19 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OAKFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0000203 - 2019 |
| 17 July 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CEDAR SPRINGS FD 0032020 - 2020 |
| 11 July 2012 | Fireworks | 2.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | KENT 01 |
| 9 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OAKFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0000114 - 2018 |
| 5 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CEDAR SPRINGS FD 0022219 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Evans in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evans | $15,000 | Trained spotters reported that several trees and limbs were blown down. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evans | $10,000 | Several eight inch diameter trees were blown down near 12 mile road and Shaner avenue. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evans | $5,000 | Several trees were blown down by wind gusts estimated at 60 mph. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evans | $2,000 | Trained spotters reported that a couple of trees were blown down just east of Rockford. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Harvard | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Cedar Springs | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Edgerton | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Sand Lake | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| Rockford | 7.6 miles | 16 | |
| Bostwick Lake | 7.6 miles | 10 | |
| Grattan | 8.6 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 625669. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.