BlockNorth Blendon, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Blendon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49426. The Survey maps it on the Allendale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1958 USGS Allendale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Grandville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
28 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of North Blendon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 36 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 August 2019 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BLENDON TOWNSHIP FD 19300 - 2019 |
| 23 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 8.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OTTAWA 02 |
| 10 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BLENDON TOWNSHIP FD 19281 - 2019 |
| 6 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALLENDALE TOWNSHIP FD 201271 - 2020 |
| 19 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GEORGETOWN FD 0000412 - 2018 |
| 18 July 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 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 North Blendon: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa County Road Commission Pit | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allendale | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Bauer | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Rusk | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Pearline | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| South Blendon | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Borculo | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Beaverdam | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Grand Valley | 5.8 miles | 11 |
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 Q122552545 | 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 633482. 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.