BlockPerry Lake Heights, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Brandon Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48462. The Survey maps it on the Ortonville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1943 USGS Ortonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1945 USGS Ortonville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Ortonville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Ortonville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
15 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Perry Lake Heights between 2018 and 2019, burning about 17 acres in total. 3 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 | 8 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRANDON FD 0000929 - 2019 |
| 4 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRANDON FD 0000709 - 2018 |
| 15 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0000601 - 2018 |
| 8 June 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRANDON FD 0000615 - 2018 |
| 5 May 2018 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRANDON FD 0000475 - 2018 |
| 23 May 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRANDON FD 0000541 - 2018 |
| 23 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OXFORD FD 180758 - 2018 |
| 2 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRANDON FD 0000447 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Perry Lake Heights: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granger Road Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Salem Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Gardens | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Ortonville | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Oakwood | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Walters | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Jossman Acres | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Waterstone | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Austin Corners | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Clarkston | 6.4 miles | 21 |
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 Q122561174 | 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 634675. 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.