BlockGordon, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Chocolay Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49855. It stands on Dorow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Skandia quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1950 USGS Skandia NW quadrangle1:31680
- 1958 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Skandia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Gwinn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Skandia quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
17 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Gordon between 1992 and 2018, burning about 21 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAKE LEVASSEUR |
| 24 July 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 June 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gordon in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2022: 3 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 2015 | Heavy Rain | Gordon | $30,000 | Over one-inch per hour rainfall rates and fog from a series of thunderstorms contributed to two multi-vehicle accidents on Highway M-28 in Chocolay Township in Marquette County on the afternoon of the 29th. ||The Chocolay Township Police said the first accident was a head-on collision which occurred at 330 pm EST on Highway M-28 about a mile east of Kawbawgam Road. Both vehicles were totaled and the drivers and one passenger were treated for non-life threatening injuries at the UP Health System in Marquette. The second accident occurred approximately 45 minutes later, not far from the site of the first accident, and involved one vehicle rear ending another vehicle. One person from the second accident was taken to Marquette General Hospital with a head injury. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Gordon | - | There was a public report of nickel-sized hail just southwest of Shot Point. |
| October 2015 | Hail | Gordon | - | Penny sized hail was reported seven miles east of Harvey. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Gordon | - | Hail reported near the Ojibwa Casino east of Harvey. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mangum | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Green Garden | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Beaver Grove | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Yalmar | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Lakewood | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| New Dalton | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Harvey | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Silver Creek Estates | 7.1 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1620043. 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.