BlockLyle, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Beaverton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48618. The Survey maps it on the Coleman quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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 Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Midland quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
36 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Lyle between 1994 and 2020, burning about 195 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MIDLAND 15 |
| 23 June 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 June 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MIDLAND 21 |
| 14 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BEAVERTON AREA FD 0000262 - 2018 |
| 5 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 May 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | PETTIBONE |
| 8 April 1994 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lyle in 1 storm report in 2013: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lyle | $55,000 | A swath of wind damage moved across the Beaverton and Sugar Springs area. Dozens of trees were downed, and some minor damage to homes occurred. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaverton | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Dale | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Billings | 10.2 miles | 10 | |
| Lockwood Beach | 10.7 miles | 10 | |
| Gladwin | 10.8 miles | 10 | |
| Winegars | 12.1 miles | 10 | |
| White Star | 13.9 miles | 10 | |
| Highwood | 14.0 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2515956. 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.