BlockHazel, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Laird Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49958. It lies near Limestone Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Pelkie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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 Pelkie quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Pelkie quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS L'Anse quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Pelkie quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Hazel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9 acres in total. 1 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.4 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOROSCOPE ROAD FIRE |
| 13 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PELKIE VFD 02020-6 - 2020 |
| 9 May 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.7 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | STRAWBERRY LANE |
| 10 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alston | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Nisula | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| White | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Elo | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Lake Roland | 10.1 miles | 12 | |
| Twin Lakes | 10.2 miles | 12 | |
| Askel | 10.4 miles | 12 | |
| Tapiola | 10.5 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1622564. 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.