BlockFitchburg, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Bunker Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49285. The Survey maps it on the Pleasant Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1919 USGS Rives Junction quadrangle1:62500
- 1921 USGS Rives Junction quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Munith quadrangle1:24000
- 1970 USGS Pleasant Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Fitchburg between 2018 and 2020, burning about 57 acres in total. 1 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | INGHAM TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0197-18 - 2018 |
| 17 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 14 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | INGHAM TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0194-18 - 2018 |
| 1 May 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | INGHAM TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0111-18 - 2018 |
| 6 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HENRIETTA TOWNSHIP FD 101 - 2020 |
| 28 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | STOBRIDGE AREA EMERGENCY SERVICES AUTHORITY 201804 |
| 24 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | INGHAM TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0109-18 - 2018 |
| 21 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | STOBRIDGE AREA EMERGENCY SERVICES AUTHORITY 201803 |
| 11 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | INGHAM TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 73-2019 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fitchburg: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylors Farm Clay Pit | Clay | Past 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunker Hill | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Stockbridge | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| White Oak | 7.5 miles | 11 | |
| Millville | 7.7 miles | 11 | |
| Dansville | 8.2 miles | 13 | |
| Leslie | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| North Leslie | 9.3 miles | 11 | |
| Eden | 9.9 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 626096. 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.