BlockGreenwood, Michigan
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Horton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48610. The Survey maps it on the Sterling NW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Sterling NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Houghton Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
47 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Greenwood between 1992 and 2019, burning about 321 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 August 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RICHLAND-LOGAN FD 0000024 - 2019 |
| 19 July 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OGEMAW 09 - BOEHM RD. FIRE |
| 18 July 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.6 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 June 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARENAC #006 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edwards | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Skidway Lake | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Elbow Lake | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| West Branch | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| Campbells Corners | 9.5 miles | 11 | |
| Selkirk | 10.6 miles | 10 | |
| Ogemaw Springs | 11.4 miles | 10 | |
| Prescott | 12.0 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 627373. 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.