BlockGroveton, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1985. It stands in St. Charles Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48655. It stands on Deer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chesaning West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1917 USGS Chesaning quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Chesaning quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Chesaning West quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Alma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
29 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Groveton between 2018 and 2020, burning about 95 acres in total. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHESANING-BRADY FD 121 - 2019 |
| 3 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHESANING-BRADY FD 81 - 2019 |
| 20 July 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.9 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAGINAW 01 |
| 14 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TRI-TOWNSHIP FD 0000127 - 2018 |
| 7 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TRI-TOWNSHIP FD 75 - 2020 |
| 6 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TRI-TOWNSHIP FD 74 - 2020 |
| 26 June 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TRI-TOWNSHIP FD 112 - 2020 |
| 5 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TRI-TOWNSHIP FD 0000080 - 2018 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Charles | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Chesaning | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Clausedale | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Luce | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Brant | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Alicia | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Parshallburg | 6.6 miles | 15 | |
| Brady Center | 7.1 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617599. 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.