BlockFourmile Corner, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in McMillan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49868. The Survey maps it on the Auger Lake 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 Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Auger Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Manistique Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Fourmile Corner between 2003 and 2018, burning about 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DUMP PILE |
| 20 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HYDRANT |
| 30 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eightmile Corner | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Newberry | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Dollarville | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| McPhees Landing | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Natalie | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Lencel | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Roberts Corner | 8.1 miles | 10 | |
| McMillan | 10.9 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 626337. 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.