BlockGem, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Stannard Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49912. The Survey maps it on the Bruce Crossing quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1949 USGS Rockland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Rockland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Ontonagon quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Bruce Crossing quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Bruce Crossing quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Gem between 1996 and 2012, 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 July 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ottawa National Forest | KEELER |
| 16 June 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | FATHERS DAY |
| 27 May 2010 | Other causes | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | AGATE |
| 1 May 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ottawa National Forest | HAIGHT |
| 30 April 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | KATIE CLICK |
| 28 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | GERMAN ROAD |
| 17 April 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | METOS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paynesville | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Bruce Crossing | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| North Paynesville | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Balitmore | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Agate | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Trout Creek | 7.5 miles | 14 | |
| Ewen | 7.7 miles | 11 | |
| Calderwood | 9.1 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2099906. 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.