BlockFlanders, Michigan
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Green Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49753. It stands on Truax Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lachine quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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 Alpena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Lachine quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
40 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Flanders between 1992 and 2020, burning about 61 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 July 2002 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.8 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALPENA 02 - BALER FIRE |
| 6 June 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALPENA 0008 |
| 24 June 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 June 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 June 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GREEN TOWNSHIP VFD 0006335 - 2020 |
| 5 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALPENA 08 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lachine | 2.0 miles | 7 | |
| Spratt | 3.5 miles | 7 | |
| Long Rapids | 4.7 miles | 7 | |
| Emerson Station | 4.9 miles | 7 | |
| Herron | 5.9 miles | 7 | |
| Paxton | 7.0 miles | 8 | |
| McHarg | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Leer | 9.5 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617560. 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.