BlockMaplewood, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Masonville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49878. It stands on Dillabough Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rapid River quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1932 USGS Rapid River NW quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rapid River quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Manistique quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Rapid River quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Maplewood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 154 acres in total. 3 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | SNAG FIRE |
| 21 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Hiawatha National Forest | OLD DUFFER |
| 1 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RAPID RIVER TRUCK STOP |
| 20 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Hiawatha National Forest | VBBJ |
| 1 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MASONVILLE TOWNSHIP VFD 0201919 - 2019 |
| 7 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TIRE FIRE |
| 20 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | RAIL ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maplewood in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Hail | Maplewood | $1,000 | Downed trees were also reported along a road due to the excessive downburst winds occurring at the same time. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rapid River | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Masonville | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Garth | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Perkins | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Brampton | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Winde | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Kipling | 6.9 miles | 9 | |
| Ensign | 7.4 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1620704. 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.