BlockKeswick, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Bingham Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49682. The Survey maps it on the Suttons Bay quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1954 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Suttons Bay quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
8 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Keswick between 1995 and 2019, burning about 63 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SUTTONS BAY-BINGHAM FIRE & RESCUE AUTHORITY 000014 |
| 20 June 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 May 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SUTTONS BAY-BINGHAM FIRE & RESCUE AUTHORITY 000008 |
| 14 May 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SUTTONS BAY-BINGHAM FIRE & RESCUE AUTHORITY 000008 |
| 11 May 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LEELANAU 01 |
| 28 October 2008 | Debris and open burning | 48 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LEELANAU 03 |
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 Keswick: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Markham's Clay Pit | Clay | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leelanau Shores | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Suttons Bay | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Bingham | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Fountain Point | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Lake Leelanau | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Heimforth | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Schomberg | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Bodus | 7.0 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 629630. 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.