BlockRacy, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Chapin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48831. The Survey maps it on the Chapin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1918 USGS Elsie quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Elsie quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Chapin quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Alma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Racy between 2003 and 2020, burning about 49 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TRI-TOWNSHIP FD 0000045 - 2018 |
| 29 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TRI-TOWNSHIP FD 0000062 - 2018 |
| 22 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | JONESFIELD-LAKEFIELD FD 77 - 2019 |
| 15 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 42 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TRI-TOWNSHIP FD 40 - 2020 |
| 27 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TRI-TOWNSHIP FD 0000043 - 2019 |
| 5 November 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHESANING-BRADY FD 128 - 2020 |
| 12 January 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHESANING-BRADY FD 6 - 2018 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fenmore | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Marion Springs | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Chapin | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Brady Center | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Fordney | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Brant | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Oakley | 8.3 miles | 15 | |
| Parshallburg | 9.6 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617807. 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.