BlockOrr, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Swan Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48626. The Survey maps it on the Hemlock quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1917 USGS St. Charles quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS St. Charles quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Hemlock quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Alma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
24 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Orr between 1992 and 2020, burning about 57 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TRI-TOWNSHIP FD 0000161 - 2018 |
| 7 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | THOMAS TOWNSHIP FD 480 - 2019 |
| 6 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | THOMAS TOWNSHIP FD 476 - 2019 |
| 10 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RICHLAND TOWNSHIP FD 174 - 2020 |
| 4 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RICHLAND TOWNSHIP FD 128 - 2018 |
| 1 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TRI-TOWNSHIP FD 0000063 - 2018 |
| 8 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TRI-TOWNSHIP FD 0000055 - 2019 |
| 4 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | THOMAS TOWNSHIP FD 195 - 2019 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Garfield | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Hemlock | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Swan Creek | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Nelson | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Frost | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Saint Charles | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Shields | 6.5 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617763. 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.