BlockHighland, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Highland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49665. The Survey maps it on the Lucas 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 Cadillac South quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Cadillac quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Lucas quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
18 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Highland between 1995 and 2019, burning about 31 acres in total. 2 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 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OSCEOLA 08 |
| 14 August 2004 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 2004 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 2004 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 2004 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MCBAIN FD 0000024 - 2018 |
| 22 July 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAKE CITY AREA FIRE DEPARTMENT 0000037 - 2019 |
| 28 June 2005 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Highland: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cotter Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 628243. 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.