BlockNorth Paynesville, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Stannard Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49912. It stands on Slough Creek. The Survey maps it on the Paynesville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1949 USGS Rockland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Rockland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Ontonagon quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Paynesville quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
6 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of North Paynesville between 2003 and 2012, burning about 22 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 July 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ottawa National Forest | KEELER |
| 1 May 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ottawa National Forest | HAIGHT |
| 30 April 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | KATIE CLICK |
| 17 April 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | METOS |
| 13 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Ottawa National Forest | STRANGLE FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gem | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Paynesville | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Bruce Crossing | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Balitmore | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Agate | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Trout Creek | 7.9 miles | 14 | |
| Ewen | 9.0 miles | 11 | |
| Calderwood | 10.8 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 Q122551152 | 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 1621053. 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.