BlockHuron Mountain, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Powell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49808. It stands on Pine River. The Survey maps it on the Huron Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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 Huron Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Huron Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Huron Mountain between 1993 and 2019, burning about 36 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 29 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WINDY MOUNTAIN |
| 1 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 July 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 July 2019 | Natural | 3.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MINK RUN |
| 11 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 June 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BEAR BAIT |
| 22 April 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Michigan Agency | MENOMINEE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gillet Landing | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Dodge City | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| Burns Landing | 8.3 miles | 12 | |
| Big Bay | 8.8 miles | 12 | |
| Alder | 11.2 miles | 12 | |
| Homeier | 12.6 miles | 12 | |
| Antlers | 14.4 miles | 12 | |
| Birch | 20.0 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 628867. 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.