BlockFrontier, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Woodbridge Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49242. The Survey maps it on the Frontier quadrangle. It stands 1,030 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Frontier quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Frontier 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WOODBRIDGE TWP FIRE/RESCUE F202025 - 2020 |
| 6 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WOODBRIDGE TWP FIRE/RESCUE F202010 - 2020 |
| 5 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PITTSFORD-JEFFERSON FIRE/RESCUE 19027 - 2019 |
| 29 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PITTSFORD-JEFFERSON FIRE/RESCUE 18036 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Frontier in 2 storm reports between 2001 and 2002: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frontier | - | Law enforcement reported trees down near Frontier. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Frontier | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ransom | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Cambria | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Shadyside | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Fountain Park | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Austin | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Steamburg | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Betzer | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Lickly Corners | 7.8 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Frontier | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q119039782 | 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 626516. 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.