BlockKells, Michigan
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49887. The Survey maps it on the Swanson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1949 USGS Stephenson quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Stephenson quadrangle1:62500
- 1981 USGS Marinette quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Swanson quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
34 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Kells between 1992 and 2019, burning about 117 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.6 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 July 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 7.3 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 June 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617654. 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.