BlockMartinsville, Michigan
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Sumpter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48111. It stands on Randell Drain. The Survey maps it on the Belleville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1906 USGS Romulus quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1928 USGS Romulus quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1985 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
48 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Martinsville between 2018 and 2020, burning about 52 acres in total. 15 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/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SUMPTER TOWNSHIP FD 589 - 2019 |
| 22 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HURON TOWNSHIP FD 191239 - 2019 |
| 1 September 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HURON TOWNSHIP FD 18930 - 2018 |
| 8 August 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BELLEVILLE FD 250 - 2020 |
| 29 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HURON TOWNSHIP FD 191142 - 2019 |
| 23 August 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HURON TOWNSHIP FD 18884 - 2018 |
| 22 August 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SUMPTER TOWNSHIP FD 566 - 2020 |
| 21 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HURON TOWNSHIP FD 18889 - 2018 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Sumpter | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| New Boston | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Roulo | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Willow | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Belleville | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| French Landing | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Waltz | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Edgewater Heights | 4.9 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 631677. 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.