BlockLaBranche, Michigan
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Spalding Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49873. The Survey maps it on the La Branche quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1954 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Schaffer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS La Branche quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of LaBranche between 1992 and 2016, burning about 32 acres in total. 1 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 | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PACH RD |
| 3 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MENOMINEE 0003 |
| 28 August 2003 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 August 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 July 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.4 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CEDAR FIRE |
| 29 May 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OLSON RD. |
| 20 May 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 May 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.9 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MENOMINEE 0001 |
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 1617665. 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.