BlockMunger, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Merritt Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48747. The Survey maps it on the Essexville quadrangle. It stands 594 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1916 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:62500
- 1919 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Essexville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
6,098 words on this townshipHistory of Bay County Michigan, published 1883 names this settlement in its chapter on Merritt Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Horace Blodget, farmer, born in Kendall, Orleans Co., N. Y., Apiil 2, 1885; came with his parents to Richfield, Mich., when ten years of age, resided there until 1860, and then settled in Bay City. His first; visit to Bay City was in 1851. He paddled his own canoe from Saginaw to Bay City, with two other persons. In 1875 he changed his residence from Bay City to Munger Station, in the town¬ ship of Merritt. He was married on May 15, 1859, to Lydia M. Matthews, of New Haven, Yt. They have had three children, Willoughby H., Arthur J., and Edward L., who died in infancy. Mr. B. has thirty-seven acres of land on Section Twenty-one, his pres¬ ent home; also a good dwelling, and some orchard and small fruits in cultivation. He has been postmaster about six years, and takes a willing part in the social and educational improvement of his community.
Passage source: History of Bay County Michigan, published 1883.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Merritt Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
Fires near this place
5 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Munger between 2018 and 2020, burning about 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MERRITT TOWNSHIP FD 0000037 - 2019 |
| 1 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MERRITT TOWNSHIP FD 0000036 - 2018 |
| 22 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | REESE FIRE RESCUE 0000042 - 2018 |
| 20 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PORTSMOUTH TOWNSHIP FD 0000064 - 2020 |
| 22 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MERRITT TOWNSHIP FD 0000012 - 2020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Munger in 1 storm report in 1994: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Munger | - | Strong thunderstorm wind gusts snapped numerous large branches from trees in the community of Munger. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arn | 2.7 miles | 10 | |
| Essexville | 7.4 miles | 14 | |
| Bay City | 7.9 miles | 13 | |
| West Bay City | 8.4 miles | 13 | |
| Bangor (historical) | 8.5 miles | 14 | |
| Aplin Beach | 10.3 miles | 13 | |
| Donahue Beach | 10.9 miles | 14 | |
| Lagoon Beach | 11.4 miles | 14 |
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 Q136346734 | 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 633119. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.