BlockPlatte River, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Inland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49617. It stands on Brundage Creek. The Survey maps it on the Platte River quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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 Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Thompsonville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Thompsonville NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Platte River quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
28 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Platte River between 1992 and 2020, burning about 42 acres in total. 4 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 | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BENZIE 02 |
| 1 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | INLAND TWP FD 129 - 2020 |
| 29 July 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOMESTEAD TOWNSHIP FD 0006123 - 2018 |
| 2 July 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 2104389. 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.