Gilbert, Michigan

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Cedar Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49663. The Survey maps it on the Manton quadrangle.

Gilbert within Wexford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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 Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Cadillac North quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1983 USGS Cadillac quadrangle1:100000
1983 USGS Manton quadrangle1:25000
1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Gilbert between 1992 and 2020, burning about 232 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 were 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	25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	25
Misuse of fire by a minor	8
Recreation and ceremony	7
Arson/incendiarism	6
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Natural	3
Smoking	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
16 September 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	WEXFORD 07
15 September 2018	Natural	4.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	WEXFORD 06
14 September 2010	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	WEXFORD 07
13 September 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	WEXFORD 05 - GILMORE FIRE
6 August 2004	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
5 August 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
29 August 2018	Arson/incendiarism	79 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	WEXFORD 04 - BOND MILL POND
22 August 2018	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	WEXFORD 01

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wexford County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Manton	2.6 miles	12
Missaukee Junction	4.6 miles	12
Haring	5.3 miles	12
Meauwataka	6.6 miles	12
Cadillac	8.6 miles	12
Millersville	10.1 miles	12
Baxter	10.6 miles	12
Boon	11.4 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1620013. 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.