BlockFern, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Eden Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49405. It stands on Whiskey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Crystal Valley 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.
- 1931 USGS Custer SW quadrangle1:31680
- 1954 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Custer quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1976 USGS Custer SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Ludington quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Crystal Valley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Fern between 1992 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | BARBERRY |
| 8 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 May 1996 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | WOODRUFF |
| 23 May 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | INDIAN TRAIL |
| 2 May 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | HAWLEY ROAD |
| 15 May 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | HAWLEY ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fern in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2024: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2021 | Hail | Fern | $100,000 | Hail up to two and a half inches in diameter was reported across portions of Mason county. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fern | $5,000 | A few trees were blown down near Colfax. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiley | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Custer | 7.3 miles | 11 | |
| Riverton (historical) | 7.6 miles | 10 | |
| Scottville | 8.2 miles | 10 | |
| Walhalla | 9.2 miles | 11 | |
| Amber | 9.3 miles | 10 | |
| Meisenheimer Corners | 9.7 miles | 10 | |
| Carr | 9.7 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1619899. 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.