BlockKings Corner, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Evergreen Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48888. The Survey maps it on the Sheridan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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 Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Kings Corner between 1992 and 2019, burning about 51 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | STANTON COMMUNITY FD 0000070 - 2019 |
| 1 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SHERIDAN COMMUNITY FD 2019060 - 2019 |
| 27 June 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | STANTON COMMUNITY FD 0000058 - 2019 |
| 8 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SHERIDAN COMMUNITY FD 2018043 - 2018 |
| 8 May 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 28 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | STANTON COMMUNITY FD 0000040 - 2018 |
| 28 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | STANTON COMMUNITY FD 0000043 - 2018 |
| 18 May 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | 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 629713. 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.