BlockIsland View, Michigan
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ford River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49807. It stands on No See-um Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ford River quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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
- 1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Ford River quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Island View between 1994 and 2010, burning about 51 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BARK RIVER TRUCK TRAIL |
| 13 July 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 June 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 May 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 May 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 45 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MAKOSKY RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Island View in 2 storm reports in 2008: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Island View | $20,000 | An EF1-rated microburst snapped off or uprooted numerous large trees in the OB Fuller County Park and Campground in Delta County on the evening of the 17th. The fallen trees also caused damage to a motorcycle and camping trailer. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Island View | $10,000 | Numerous large trees were reported down. Some trees were as large as 24 inches in diameter. Downed trees also caused some slight structural damage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ford River | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Narenta | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Hyde | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Pine Ridge | 7.0 miles | 8 | |
| Bark River | 7.5 miles | 9 | |
| Tesch | 9.0 miles | 9 | |
| Schaffer | 10.0 miles | 9 | |
| Escanaba | 10.2 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 629136. 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.
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.