BlockFletcher, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Garfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49633. The Survey maps it on the Fletcher quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1949 USGS Fletcher quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Fletcher quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Grayling quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
23 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Fletcher between 1992 and 2019, burning about 100 acres in total. None 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 | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | KALKASKA 03, MILITARY/8 POINT |
| 3 June 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.4 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | KALKASKA 04 - NAPLES RD |
| 27 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | KALKASKA 09 - PORTAGE CREEK SOUTH |
| 27 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | KALKASKA 10 - PORTAGE CREEK NORTH |
| 20 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | KALKASKA 05 - WEST OF SUNSET |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pemberthy Crossing | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Sharon | 7.1 miles | 14 | |
| Angling | 9.5 miles | 14 | |
| O'Neil | 9.5 miles | 14 | |
| Sigma | 10.5 miles | 14 | |
| Spencer | 11.1 miles | 14 | |
| Millers Corners | 11.1 miles | 14 | |
| Taffeltown | 11.8 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617561. 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.