BlockForester, Michigan
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Forester Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48419. It stands on Forester Creek. The Survey maps it on the Port Sanilac quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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 Flint quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Port Sanilac quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Croswell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Forester between 2018 and 2020, burning about 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DECKERVILLE FD 0000045 - 2020 |
| 6 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PORT SANILAC FD 98 - 2020 |
| 24 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PORT SANILAC FD 12018 - 2018 |
| 9 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PORT SANILAC FD 256 - 2020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Forester in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2019: 2 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Forester | - | Numerous trees blown down. Damage reported to a pavilion. |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Forester | - | A tree was reported blown down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Sanilac | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Richmondville | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Carsonville | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Deckerville | 9.0 miles | 9 | |
| McGregor | 9.5 miles | 10 | |
| Pine Hill (historical) | 9.8 miles | 10 | |
| Applegate | 10.6 miles | 9 | |
| Forestville | 11.4 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 626285. 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.