BlockIronton, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Eveline Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49720. The Survey maps it on the Ironton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1955 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Bayshore quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Charlevoix quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Ironton between 2005 and 2019, burning about 21 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHARLEVOIX TOWNSHIP FD 0000158 - 2019 |
| 5 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHARLEVOIX 03 |
| 8 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHARLEVOIX 01 |
| 22 April 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 April 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHARLEVOIX 02 |
| 16 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHARLEVOIX 01 |
| 29 March 2006 | Debris and open burning | 11 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 Ironton: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D'Oge Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ironton in 2 storm reports between 2000 and 2002: 2 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2002 | Hail | Ironton | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Ironton | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phelps | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Charlevoix Estates | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Charlevoix | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Horton Bay | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Barnard | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Advance | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Boulder Park | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Burgess | 6.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 629085. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.