BlockLeer, Michigan
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Long Rapids Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49776. The Survey maps it on the Polaski quadrangle.
On record in Leer
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Norwegian Lutheran Church Complexlisted 2013
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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 Alpena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Polaski quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Leer between 2003 and 2020, burning about 62 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 June 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALPENA 0009 |
| 2 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALPENA 13 |
| 3 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LONG RAPIDS TOWNSHIP FD 0000003 - 2020 |
| 27 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WILSON TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 29 - 2020 |
| 25 April 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PRESQUE ISLE 03 |
| 24 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 April 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PRESQUE ISLE 01 |
| 16 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leer in 1 storm report in 2020: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leer | $4,000 | Trees were downed onto power lines near Leer and Olsen Roads. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Rapids | 5.0 miles | 7 | |
| Bolton | 8.0 miles | 7 | |
| Lachine | 8.4 miles | 7 | |
| Flanders | 9.5 miles | 7 | |
| Cathro | 10.2 miles | 7 | |
| Emerson Station | 10.3 miles | 7 | |
| Paxton | 11.9 miles | 8 | |
| Herron | 13.0 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617677. 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.
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.