BlockHeimforth, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Elmwood Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49684. It stands on Belnap Creek. The Survey maps it on the Traverse City SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Traverse City SW quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
9 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Heimforth between 1994 and 2019, burning about 61 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 June 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 May 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CEDAR FD 3925 - 2019 |
| 16 May 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 May 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LEELANAU 01 |
| 12 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 44 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LEELANAU 01 - WALTERS RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Heimforth: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Markham's Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fouch | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Bingham | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Leelanau Shores | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Hatchs | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Isadore | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Crystal Spring | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Solon | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Cedar | 4.6 miles | 14 |
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 Q122550130 | 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 628052. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.