BlockIda Center, Michigan
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Ida Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48140. It stands on Fitzgerald Drain. The Survey maps it on the Lambertville East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 19 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.
- 1912 USGS Dundee quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS Dundee quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Samaria quadrangle1:31680
- 1939 USGS Dundee quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Samaria quadrangle1:24000
- 1940 USGS Dundee quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Dundee quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Samaria quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Lambertville East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
34 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Ida Center between 2018 and 2020, burning about 37 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BEDFORD FD 0001898 - 2018 |
| 29 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IDA TOWNSHIP VFD 284 - 2018 |
| 24 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IDA TOWNSHIP VFD 295 - 2020 |
| 17 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IDA TOWNSHIP VFD 283 - 2020 |
| 21 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IDA TOWNSHIP VFD 258 - 2020 |
| 20 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ERIE TOWNSHIP FD 261 - 2019 |
| 15 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MONROE TOWNSHIP VFD 1129 - 2020 |
| 15 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IDA TOWNSHIP VFD 251 - 2020 |
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 Ida Center: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otter Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lulu | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Yargerville | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Ida | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Samaria | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| Strasburg | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Hillcrest Orchard | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Diann | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Temperance | 6.0 miles | 19 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122571734 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617637. 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.