BlockMarilla, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Marilla Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49625. The Survey maps it on the Marilla quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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 Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Copemish quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Cadillac quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Marilla quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
30 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Marilla between 1992 and 2020, burning about 105 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | HATMAN #1 |
| 11 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MANISTEE 01 |
| 8 July 2020 | Other causes | 5.7 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WEXFORD 03 - XMAS FIRE |
| 8 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | SUSPENSION BRIDGE |
| 5 June 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | LITTLE FAWN |
| 3 June 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | BEEHIVE |
| 25 June 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | CEDAR SLOPE |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1620707. 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.