BlockHiram, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Pierson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49339. The Survey maps it on the Coral quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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 Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Howard City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Coral quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Hiram between 2006 and 2020, burning about 25 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAND LAKE FD 0000260 - 2019 |
| 8 May 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 7.5 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | CABIN FIRE |
| 18 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAND LAKE FD 0000172 - 2018 |
| 8 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAND LAKE FD 0000138 - 2019 |
| 6 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAND LAKE FD 0000132 - 2019 |
| 4 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MAPLE VALLEY TWP FIRE DEPARTMENT 2019019 - 2019 |
| 3 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAND LAKE FD 0000107 - 2020 |
| 25 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAND LAKE FD 0000147 - 2019 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Hill | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| Pierson | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Howard City | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Coral | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Trufant | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Amble | 7.8 miles | 13 | |
| Gowen | 11.6 miles | 12 | |
| Langston | 12.9 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2559923. 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.