BlockParadise, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Whitefish Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49768. It stands on O'Briens Creek. The Survey maps it on the Shelldrake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1951 USGS Shelldrake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Shelldrake quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Two Hearted River quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Paradise between 2016 and 2018, burning about 57 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 April 2018 | Natural | 34 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PREACHER LAKES |
| 28 April 2018 | Natural | 6.9 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WIDEWATERS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Paradise in 6 storm reports between 2001 and 2022: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paradise | $3,000 | Trees down near Lower Tahquamenon Falls. |
| May 2008 | Lightning | Paradise | $2,800 | Lightning struck a large pine tree just outside the administration building of Tahquamenon Falls State Park. The tree was blasted into pieces, and most of the electronic equipment in the admin building was destroyed. Some electrical damage also occurred in a staff building, not quite an eighth of a mile away. |
| July 2005 | Hail | Paradise | - | Several waves of thunderstorms affect the northern Great Lakes region in the morning. Most were not severe. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paradise | - | Trees down at Tahquamenon State Park |
| June 2022 | Hail | Paradise | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Paradise | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shelldrake | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Emerson | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Snug Harbor | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Timberlost | 8.4 miles | 14 | |
| Whitehouse Landing | 8.8 miles | 14 | |
| Whitefish Point | 10.3 miles | 11 | |
| Vermilion | 11.1 miles | 11 | |
| Eckerman | 18.1 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Paradise | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2724048 | 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 1621151. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.