BlockFrancisco, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Grass Lake Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49240. The Survey maps it on the Grass Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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 Stockbridge quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1922 USGS Stockbridge quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1942 USGS Stockbridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Grass Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Grass Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
16 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Francisco between 1996 and 2020, burning about 32 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 | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP FD 0000311 - 2019 |
| 18 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHELSEA AREA FIRE AUTHORITY 191037 - 2019 |
| 15 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRASS LAKE FD 0000177 - 2018 |
| 3 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRASS LAKE FD 106 - 2020 |
| 5 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHELSEA AREA FIRE AUTHORITY 190477 - 2019 |
| 4 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRASS LAKE FD 78 - 2020 |
| 3 April 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHELSEA AREA FIRE AUTHORITY 0000434 - 2018 |
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 Francisco: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grass Lake Pit No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grass Lake | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Fishville | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Trist | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Waterloo | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Leoni | 7.2 miles | 17 | |
| Oak Point | 8.4 miles | 17 | |
| Norvell | 8.6 miles | 13 | |
| Holiday Manor Park | 9.3 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 626399. 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.