BlockPullman, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Lee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49450. The Survey maps it on the Pullman 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.
- 1927 USGS Bangor quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1931 USGS Bangor quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Bangor quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
50 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Pullman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 149 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLYDE TOWNSHIP FD 0000076 - 2018 |
| 8 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTH HAVEN AREA ESA 0001340 - 2019 |
| 14 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALLEGAN 02 |
| 24 July 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GANGES TOWNSHIP FD 0000182 - 2019 |
| 14 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GANGES TOWNSHIP FD 0000135 - 2018 |
| 8 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LEE TOWNSHIP FD 0000055 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pullman in 3 storm reports between 2000 and 2008: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2000 | Hail | Pullman | $50,000 | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pullman | $10,000 | A tree was blown down in Pullman, 5 miles southeast of Holland, and in Wayland between 12:14 and 12:24 p.m. EST. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pullman | - | A trained spotter reported that multiple trees were blown down in the Pullman area... particularly in Clyde and Lee townships. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherman Park | 0.8 miles | 11 | |
| Bakersville | 1.2 miles | 11 | |
| Bravo | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Lee | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Pearl | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Leisure | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Spring Grove | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Hawkhead | 6.2 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 635511. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.