BlockPontchartrain Shores, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Marquette Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49745. It stands on Nunns Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pontchartrain Shores quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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 Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Pontchartrain Shores quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Sault Ste. Marie South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Pontchartrain Shores between 1995 and 2020, burning about 63 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | 360 |
| 31 May 2005 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 May 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | Hiawatha National Forest | EAST BOUNDARY ROAD |
| 9 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Hiawatha National Forest | not named |
| 3 April 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | CARP RIVER #1 |
| 23 April 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | CHRISTMAS TREE FIRE |
| 2 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Hiawatha National Forest | CARP RIVER |
| 14 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Hiawatha National Forest | SIMMONS ROAD |
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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simmons | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Charles | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Hessel | 9.0 miles | 11 | |
| British Landing | 10.9 miles | 11 | |
| Evergreen Shores | 11.7 miles | 11 | |
| Patrick Landing | 11.8 miles | 10 | |
| Fort Holmes | 11.9 miles | 10 | |
| Fort Mackinac | 12.2 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1621284. 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.