BlockMount Forest, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Mount Forest Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48650. The Survey maps it on the Mount Forest quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Mount Forest quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Midland quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Mount Forest between 1992 and 2020, burning about 106 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 June 2019 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BILLINGS TOWNSHIP FD 0000167 - 2019 |
| 25 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PINCONNING-FRASER FD 0000167 - 2019 |
| 24 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BILLINGS TOWNSHIP FD 0000125 - 2018 |
| 12 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GIBSON TOWNSHIP FD 2020-15 - 2020 |
| 1 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 26 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 27 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nine Mile | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Bentley | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Woodville | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Pinconning | 8.2 miles | 9 | |
| Crump | 9.3 miles | 11 | |
| Almeda Beach | 11.2 miles | 9 | |
| Meyers Beach | 11.4 miles | 9 | |
| Duel | 12.2 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 632789. 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.