BlockPrairie, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Ionia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48846. It stands on Prairie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ionia quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1916 USGS Ionia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1918 USGS Ionia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Ionia quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Ionia quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Prairie between 2018 and 2019, burning about 31 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IONIA DPS 0000287 - 2019 |
| 6 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IONIA DPS 0000286 - 2019 |
| 14 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IONIA DPS 0000295 - 2019 |
| 15 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IONIA DPS 0000250 - 2019 |
| 12 July 2018 | Smoking | 15 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BERLIN-ORANGE FD 0000214 - 2018 |
| 15 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IONIA DPS 0000130 - 2018 |
| 14 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BERLIN-ORANGE FD 0000183 - 2018 |
| 7 May 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BERLIN-ORANGE FD 0000165 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Prairie: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ionia Pottery Company Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ionia | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| South Ionia | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Lyons | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Muir | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Collins | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Tremaine Corners | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Woods Corners | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Berlin Center | 7.9 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 635384. 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.