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Martins Bluff, Michigan

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Peaine Township. The Survey maps it on the Beaver Island North OE E quadrangle.

Martins Bluff within Charlevoix County

Topographic sheets covering this place

3 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

1 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Martins Bluff in 2018, burning about 1 acre 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/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBEAVER ISLAND FD 0000002 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Charlevoix County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Nomad3.2 miles12
Bonner Landing6.7 miles12
Saint James8.0 miles10
Boulder Park24.9 miles13
Charlevoix25.1 miles13
Burgess26.1 miles13
Charlevoix Estates26.4 miles13
Bay Shore28.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1618671. 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.