BlockGourley, Michigan
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Gourley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49812. The Survey maps it on the Gourley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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 Escanaba quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Bark River quadrangle1:62500
- 1982 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Gourley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
16 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Gourley between 1993 and 2020, burning about 61 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2001 | Natural | 2.8 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SPRING CREEK |
| 31 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GOURLEY |
| 20 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | JAYONE |
| 20 May 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 April 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hannahville | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Nadeau | 6.9 miles | 7 | |
| Carney | 7.1 miles | 7 | |
| Wilson | 7.6 miles | 7 | |
| Houle | 7.8 miles | 7 | |
| Indiantown | 8.0 miles | 7 | |
| Spalding | 8.3 miles | 7 | |
| Powers | 8.5 miles | 7 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122551322 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617592. 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.