BlockRaber, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Raber Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49736. The Survey maps it on the Goetzville 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 Goetzville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Sault Ste. Marie South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Raber between 1994 and 2019, burning about 50 acres in total. 1 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2012 | Natural | 3.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WPA |
| 16 July 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Hiawatha National Forest | not named |
| 20 May 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 May 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.9 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TREYNOR RD. |
| 14 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DETOUR VFD 08-2019 - 2019 |
| 14 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RABER TOWNSHIP VFD 0000003 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Raber in 1 storm report in 2005: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raber | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were downed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goetzville | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Stalwart | 8.9 miles | 10 | |
| De Tour Village | 11.1 miles | 9 | |
| Munuscong | 12.3 miles | 11 | |
| Kelden | 14.5 miles | 13 | |
| Stirlingville | 14.9 miles | 13 | |
| Oak Ridge | 15.6 miles | 14 | |
| Pickford | 16.2 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 635584. 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.