BlockPavilion, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Pavilion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49088. It stands on Dorrance Creek. The Survey maps it on the Adams Park quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1918 USGS Leonidas quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Leonidas quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Leonidas quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Leonidas quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Adams Park quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Kalamazoo quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Pavilion between 2018 and 2020, burning about 17 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTH KALAMAZOO COUNTY FIRE AUTH 0000617 - 2018 |
| 31 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PAVILION TOWNSHIP FD 0000289 - 2019 |
| 12 August 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PAVILION TOWNSHIP FD 0000273 - 2019 |
| 16 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTH KALAMAZOO COUNTY FIRE AUTH 0000560 - 2018 |
| 1 May 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PAVILION TOWNSHIP FD 0000149 - 2018 |
| 25 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PAVILION TOWNSHIP FD 0000138 - 2018 |
| 24 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PORTAGE FD 0001678 - 2019 |
| 23 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PAVILION TOWNSHIP FD 0000130 - 2018 |
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 Pavilion: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hayward Dry Marl Pit | Limestone, General | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Park | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Pomeroy | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Pavillion Center | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Lemon Park | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Collins Corner | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Scotts | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Cooks Mill | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Ramona Park | 4.5 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617774. 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.