BlockMcKinley, Michigan
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Mentor Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48647. It stands on Ninemile Creek. The Survey maps it on the McKinley quadrangle. It stands 922 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Tawas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS McKinley quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Hubbard Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
45 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of McKinley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 253 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 17 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.3 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | GABIONS #2 |
| 8 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | WEST GABIONS #1 |
| 8 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | CEDAR SPRINGS |
| 5 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | ASLEEP IN THE CAR |
| 26 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | WET DOG |
| 22 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | NAVAL ASSAULT |
| 17 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | LOG |
| 12 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | POWERLINE |
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 McKinley: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Pit # 414 | 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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on McKinley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q123473194 | 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 1620772. 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.