BlockRedstone, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Porter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48615. The Survey maps it on the Breckenridge 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.
- 1934 USGS Merrill quadrangle1:62500
- 1937 USGS Merrill quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Breckenridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Alma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Redstone between 2001 and 2019, burning about 16 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 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2001 | Fireworks | 2.1 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.4 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEW BUFFALO TOWNSHIP FD 108 - 2019 |
| 9 June 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MIDLAND 0007 |
| 4 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRECKENRIDGE-WHEELER FD 0000077 - 2019 |
| 18 April 2002 | Fireworks | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porter | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Teeterville | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Ryan | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 6.6 miles | 15 | |
| Saint Elmo | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Gordonville | 8.0 miles | 13 | |
| Floyd | 8.1 miles | 13 | |
| Olson | 10.2 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617814. 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.