BlockHarlan, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It lies in ZIP code area 49625. The Survey maps it on the Harlan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1954 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Copemish quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Cadillac quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Harlan quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
18 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Harlan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 29 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2004 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2020 | Other causes | 5.7 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WEXFORD 03 - XMAS FIRE |
| 29 July 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WEXFORD 04 - 8 RD FIRE |
| 7 June 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 June 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 June 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 627797. 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.