BlockMackinaw Heights, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Mackinaw Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49701. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Freedom quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1955 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Mullett Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Freedom quadrangle1:25000
- 1984 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Mackinaw Heights (historical) between 2001 and 2018, burning about 34 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 July 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 May 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | INVERNESS FD 0000017 - 2018 |
| 29 April 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHEBOYGAN 03 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freedom | 0.6 miles | 11 | |
| Grand View | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Edgewater Beach | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Point Nipigon | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Mackinaw City | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Pries Landing | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| Weadock | 8.4 miles | 11 | |
| Ingleside | 10.3 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2568903. 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.