BlockMoorland, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Moorland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49451. The Survey maps it on the Ravenna quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1945 USGS Ravenna quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Ravenna quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
30 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Moorland between 1992 and 2019, burning about 95 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RAVENNA AREA FD 0000140 - 2018 |
| 23 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 August 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 August 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EGELSTON TOWNSHIP FD 0000493 - 2018 |
| 4 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MOORLAND TOWNSHIP FD 0000073 - 2019 |
| 1 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MUSKEGON 03 |
| 4 June 1994 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Moorland: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yerington Construction Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morland Corner | 0.5 miles | 13 | |
| Kellys Corners | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Ravenna | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Slocum | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Sullivan | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Wolf Lake | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Updyke | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Apple Carr Village | 7.3 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 632663. 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.