BlockKoss, 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. It stands on Koss Creek. 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
47 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Koss between 1992 and 2020, burning about 48 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 June 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.3 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin 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:
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 Koss: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boonies Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bridge Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cow Chip Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Packard Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Koss in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Koss | $2,000 | Multiple trees were down on Menominee County Road 577 near the Wisconsin state line. The time of the report was estimated from radar. |
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 1617663. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.