BlockMcComb Corner, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Arvon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49962. It stands on Black Creek. The Survey maps it on the McComb Corner quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1954 USGS Skanee quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS McComb Corner quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS L'Anse quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of McComb Corner between 1994 and 2020, burning about 10 acres 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 |
|---|---|
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.3 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ROLAND LAKE |
| 27 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARVON FIRE |
| 11 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SPLIT CEDAR |
| 27 July 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 June 2009 | Other causes | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SKANNEE RD. |
| 29 June 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MARQUETTE 0010 |
| 18 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | THE BONEYARD |
| 12 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HURON RIVER RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of McComb Corner: 4 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Vanadium, Lead, Zinc, Uranium, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Copper Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Lead Prospect | Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Lead Zinc Uranium Prospect | Lead, Zinc, Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Vanadium Prospect | Vanadium | Occurrence | ||
| Section 23 Silver Prospect | Silver | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Silver Prospect | Silver | Prospect |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122595717 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617709. 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.