BlockMashek, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Wells Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49818. It stands on Elie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Arnold quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1932 USGS Helena SW quadrangle1:31680
- 1951 USGS Helena SW quadrangle1:31680
- 1958 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Watson quadrangle1:62500
- 1968 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Gwinn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Arnold quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
18 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Mashek between 1995 and 2015, burning about 91 acres in total. 2 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 | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARNOLD |
| 6 July 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FURLOUGH |
| 5 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.6 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 June 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.1 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 June 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SY FIRE |
| 28 May 2010 | Natural | 6.3 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FORD RIVER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mashek: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felber Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 1617705. 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.