BlockOrchard, Michigan
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Posen Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49776. The Survey maps it on the Posen quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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 Alpena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Posen quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Orchard between 2005 and 2020, burning about 21 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 July 2012 | Other causes | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PRESQUE ISLE 10 |
| 6 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.8 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 April 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | POSEN AREA FIRE/RESCUE 0019049 - 2019 |
| 25 April 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PRESQUE ISLE 03 |
| 23 April 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PRESQUE ISLE 01 |
| 16 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ROGERS CITY FD 2020049 - 2020 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Posen | 2.6 miles | 7 | |
| Liske | 3.0 miles | 7 | |
| Metz | 3.8 miles | 7 | |
| Hagensville | 4.0 miles | 7 | |
| Polaski | 5.5 miles | 7 | |
| Belknap | 6.6 miles | 7 | |
| Bruningville | 8.2 miles | 7 | |
| Hawks | 8.4 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2778685. 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.