BlockPemberthy Crossing, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Bear Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49633. It stands on Portage Creek. The Survey maps it on the Black Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1949 USGS Black Creek quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Fletcher quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Grayling quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
54 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Pemberthy Crossing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,452 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RANGE 16 KALKASKA 06 |
| 19 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RANGE #8, CRAWFORD 20 |
| 18 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.9 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RANGE #8 CRAWFORD 19 |
| 11 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CRAWFORD 13 RANGE #8 |
| 6 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.6 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CRAWFORD 18, RANGE 18 |
| 3 August 2001 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6.1 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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.
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 Q122593426 | 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 1617779. 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.