BlockGilchrist, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Garfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49762. It stands on Bark Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gilchrist quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1931 USGS Gilchrist NW quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Gilchrist quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Manistique Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Gilchrist between 1992 and 2020, burning about 904 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 August 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 900 acres | Hiawatha National Forest | TROLL FIRE |
| 26 June 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALISON FIRE |
| 9 May 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 May 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NAUBINWAY FIRE #2 |
| 13 May 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SKIDDER FIRE |
| 24 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | AIRPORT PILE |
| 23 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | AIR STRIP |
| 16 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MACKINAC #001 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garnet | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Naubinway | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Millecoquins | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Rexton | 7.7 miles | 12 | |
| Engadine | 10.0 miles | 11 | |
| Caffey Corner | 10.7 miles | 12 | |
| Caffey | 10.7 miles | 12 | |
| Epoufette | 13.0 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 626811. 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.