BlockGera, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Frankenmuth Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48734. It stands on Jordon Drain. The Survey maps it on the Reese quadrangle.
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.
- 1954 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Reese 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 Gera between 2018 and 2020, burning about 19 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 | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FRANKENMUTH FD 110 - 2019 |
| 6 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RICHVILLE FD 0000022 - 2019 |
| 11 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FRANKENMUTH FD 73 - 2018 |
| 9 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | REESE FIRE RESCUE 2019030 - 2019 |
| 8 May 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FRANKENMUTH FD 47 - 2020 |
| 29 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FRANKENMUTH FD 30 - 2019 |
| 27 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RICHVILLE FD 0000009 - 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:
Storms near this place
1 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gera in 1 storm report in 2006: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gera | $500 | Frankenmuth firefighters had to block a stretch of Dehmel St because of a fallen tree and downed power lines. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blumfield Corners | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Frankentrost | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Frankenmuth | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Cassbridge (historical) | 6.2 miles | 16 | |
| Bridgeport | 7.8 miles | 16 | |
| Indiantown | 7.8 miles | 16 | |
| Winter's Motor Court | 8.1 miles | 16 | |
| Buena Vista | 8.8 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 626746. 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.