BlockFiler City, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Filer Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49660. It stands on Little Manistee River. The Survey maps it on the Manistee 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 Manitowoc quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Manistee quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Manistee quadrangle1:25000
- 1982 USGS Manistee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Manistee quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
73 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Filer City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 199 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | TRASH PILE |
| 16 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | MADISON SCHOOL |
| 25 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | COUNTY LINE |
| 25 August 2009 | Fireworks | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | CONDO |
| 21 August 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | HARRIS ROAD |
| 17 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | EAST LAKE ROAD |
| 5 July 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | STOP SIGN |
| 31 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | STEPHENS RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Filer City: 6 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Magnesite, Bromine. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morton Salt Company- Manistee | Bromine | Producer | 1892 | |
| Morton-Manistee | Magnesite, Bromine | Producer | 1940 | |
| Martin Marietta-Manistee | Magnesite | Producer | 1944, 1969 | |
| Martin-Marietta Chem.--Manistee, Mi | Magnesite | Producer | ||
| Martin-Marietta Chemicals (Manistee) | Magnesite | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Morton Chem Co--Manistee, Mich. | Magnesite | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1619908. 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.