BlockHylas, Michigan
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Breen Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49834. It stands on Schultz Creek. The Survey maps it on the Foster City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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 Escanaba quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Foster City quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Foster City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Hylas between 1994 and 2018, burning about 15 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 June 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 May 2010 | Natural | 5.8 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GLUG GLUG |
| 18 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.4 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MEAD ROAD FIRE |
| 14 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORWAY VFD 201823 - 2018 |
| 10 May 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 May 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 May 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.2 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 Hylas: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hancock Mine | Iron | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardwood | 0.7 miles | 9 | |
| Foster City | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Spruce | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Felch | 8.2 miles | 9 | |
| Felch Mountain | 8.6 miles | 11 | |
| Theodore | 8.9 miles | 11 | |
| Alfred | 9.1 miles | 10 | |
| Metropolitan | 11.7 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617636. 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.