BlockFrankentrost, Michigan
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Blumfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48601. The Survey maps it on the Saginaw NE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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 Saginaw quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1941 USGS Saginaw quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Saginaw quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Saginaw NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Flint quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Flint quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Frankentrost between 2018 and 2020, burning about 23 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BUENA VISTA FD 1407 - 2019 |
| 9 June 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRIDGEPORT FD 526 - 2020 |
| 2 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRIDGEPORT FD 412 - 2018 |
| 9 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BUENA VISTA FD 657 - 2019 |
| 27 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRIDGEPORT FD 367 - 2020 |
| 26 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRIDGEPORT FD 362 - 2020 |
| 29 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FRANKENMUTH FD 30 - 2019 |
| 25 March 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | REESE FIRE RESCUE 030 - 2020 |
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 Frankentrost: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E.Saginaw Clay Sample | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gera | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Blumfield Corners | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Indiantown | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Cassbridge (historical) | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Buena Vista | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Bridgeport | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Frankenmuth | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Crow Island | 7.3 miles | 16 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122566014 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 626406. 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.