BlockMarsh Corner, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49769. The Survey maps it on the Larks Lake quadrangle.
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
- 1958 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Pellston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Larks Lake quadrangle1:25000
- 1984 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
13 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Marsh Corner between 1996 and 2019, burning about 30 acres in total. 1 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EMMET 10 - CANBY RD. |
| 25 August 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MAPLE RIVER FIRE |
| 24 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 May 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 May 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 May 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | 5.8 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EMMET 02 |
| 29 April 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canby Corners | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Pleasant View | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Stutsmanville | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Cross Village | 6.9 miles | 12 | |
| Ayr | 7.4 miles | 14 | |
| Bliss | 7.5 miles | 11 | |
| Patons Corner | 8.1 miles | 14 | |
| Van | 8.1 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617703. 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.