BlockPhelps, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Lincoln Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48632. The Survey maps it on the Lake George 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.
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Clare quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Lake George quadrangle1:25000
- 1984 USGS Midland quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
45 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Phelps between 1992 and 2020, burning about 195 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.7 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 2004 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 2004 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.7 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLARE 13 |
| 24 July 2001 | Fireworks | 7.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLARE 06 |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617784. 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.