BlockLeroy, Michigan
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Krakow Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49707. It stands on Mindack Creek. The Survey maps it on the Long Lake West quadrangle.
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 Long Lake West quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
21 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Leroy between 1992 and 2020, burning about 43 acres in total. 2 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 | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALPENA TOWNSHIP FD 20N0695 - 2020 |
| 31 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 July 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MAPLE RIDGE TOWNSHIP FD 00F1818 - 2018 |
| 23 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 June 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALPENA TOWNSHIP FD 19N624A - 2019 |
| 7 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orchard Point | 1.4 miles | 7 | |
| Bell | 5.1 miles | 7 | |
| Presque Isle | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Stoneport | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Polaski | 7.3 miles | 7 | |
| Harbor View | 8.7 miles | 8 | |
| Posen | 9.9 miles | 7 | |
| Orchard | 12.1 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 630324. 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.