BlockHelena, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Turin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49880. The Survey maps it on the Helena quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1932 USGS Helena NE quadrangle1:31680
- 1951 USGS Helena NE quadrangle1:31680
- 1958 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Watson quadrangle1:62500
- 1968 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Gwinn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Helena quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Helena quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Helena between 1992 and 2016, burning about 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SWAMPBUCK |
| 5 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 June 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 May 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DAVIES BLIND. |
| 24 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.1 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PARKER SPUR |
| 22 May 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McFarland | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Cedar Bank | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Little Lake | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Carlshend | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Swanzy | 7.9 miles | 14 | |
| Maple Grove | 8.5 miles | 11 | |
| New Swanzy | 9.1 miles | 18 | |
| Vick | 9.5 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617615. 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.