BlockFayette, Michigan
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Fairbanks Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49835. It sits by Middle Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Fayette quadrangle.
On record in Fayette
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 2 records
Fayettelisted 1970- Fayette (Boundary Increase)listed 1996
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1932 USGS Burnt Bluff NW quadrangle1:31680
- 1954 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fairport quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Manistique quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Fayette quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Fayette between 2002 and 2019, burning about 31 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GARDEN TOWNSHIP VFD 0201917 - 2019 |
| 21 June 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FAYETTE FIRE |
| 20 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GARDEN TOWNSHIP VFD 0201906 - 2019 |
| 17 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAC BAY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fayette in 3 storm reports between 1997 and 2017: 2 hail, 1 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayette | $500 | Large tree limbs were reported down in and around the campground at Fayette Historic State Park. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Fayette | - | Golf ball sized hail reported in Fayette. |
| July 1997 | Hail | Fayette | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devils Corner | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Sac Bay | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Fairport | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Garden | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Nahma | 8.6 miles | 9 | |
| Ogontz | 12.3 miles | 9 | |
| Nahma Junction | 12.6 miles | 10 | |
| Isabella | 12.8 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617554. 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.