BlockNorth Arms, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Forest Home Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49615. It stands on Grass Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bellaire quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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 Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Mancelona quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Mancelona NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Bellaire quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
50 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of North Arms between 1992 and 2020, burning about 47 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ANTRIM 03 - PINE PILE |
| 9 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BELLAIRE DISTRICT FD 272 - 2019 |
| 22 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 July 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 July 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of North Arms: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William W Johnston Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Wilsons Farm Shale Pit | Clay | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellaire | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Clam River | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Snowflake (historical) | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Alden | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Central Lake | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Creswell | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Kewadin | 8.1 miles | 12 |
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 Q122540114 | 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 633470. 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.