BlockKnights Mill, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Clayton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48659. The Survey maps it on the Omer SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 11 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 Tawas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Omer SW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
86 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Knights Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,078 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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 | 28 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Smoking | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.3 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.6 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARENAC 07 |
| 12 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 August 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.8 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 18 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 July 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 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 Knights Mill: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed 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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122555614 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617662. 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.