BlockKochville, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Kochville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48604. The Survey maps it on the Bay City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1916 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:62500
- 1919 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
48 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Kochville between 2018 and 2020, burning about 49 acres in total. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAGINAW TOWNSHIP FD 428 - 2020 |
| 7 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAGINAW FD 2571 - 2018 |
| 6 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CARROLLTON TOWNSHIP FD 74 - 2020 |
| 6 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FRANKENLUST FD 144 - 2020 |
| 5 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CARROLLTON TOWNSHIP FD 72 - 2020 |
| 5 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAGINAW FD 2545 - 2018 |
| 3 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAGINAW FD 2517 - 2018 |
| 29 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BUENA VISTA FD 1280 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Kochville: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Calcium, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrollton Lime Kiln Mill | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Ed Twinning Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Saginaw Mill | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Saginaw Rock Prdts--Carrollton Mill | Limestone, General | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zilwaukee | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Carrollton | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Crow Island | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Lawndale | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Saginaw | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Indiantown | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Buena Vista | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Shattuckville | 6.6 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 629837. 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.