BlockMarlborough, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Pleasant Plains Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49304. It stands on Little South Branch Pere Marquette River. The Survey maps it on the Marlborough quadrangle.
On record in Marlborough
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Marlborough Historic Districtlisted 1972
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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 Baldwin quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Baldwin SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Marlborough quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
269 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 269 fires within 5 miles of Marlborough between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,307 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 104 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 28 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
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 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | TIMBER STAND IMPROVE |
| 6 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | BARSKI |
| 4 September 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.5 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | BLOOD CREEK |
| 21 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | DIAL-A-RIDE |
| 2 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | HAIRCUT |
| 17 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | ASTER |
| 10 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | SCHOOL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Marlborough: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake County Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Northern Cement Co Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
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 1620711. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.