BlockRiggsville, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Munro Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49721. The Survey maps it on the Mullett Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1955 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Mullett Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Mullett Lake quadrangle1:25000
- 1984 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
28 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Riggsville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 72 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHEBOYGAN 10 - ABANDONED CAMPFIRE |
| 4 July 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHEBOYGAN 09 POLISH LINE |
| 31 July 2004 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 July 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 July 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 June 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHEBOYGAN 50 |
| 16 June 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Riggsville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheboygan Co Road Comm Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weadock | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Silver Beach | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Birchwood | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Mullett Lake | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Long Point | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Veery Point | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Royal Oak Beach | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Ingleside | 5.7 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617819. 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.