BlockRobbins, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Haight Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49912. It stands on Scott and Howe Creek. The Survey maps it on the Paulding 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.
- 1952 USGS Watersmeet quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Paulding quadrangle1:25000
- 1990 USGS Wakefield quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Paulding quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Robbins between 1999 and 2017, burning about 23 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 June 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Ottawa National Forest | SHAMROCK |
| 30 May 2010 | Fireworks | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | BLUE MATTRESS |
| 3 May 1999 | Natural | 20 acres | Ottawa National Forest | OX YOKE LAKE |
| 25 May 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | OVERNIGHTER FIRE |
| 8 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | BOND FALLS |
| 28 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ottawa National Forest | PAULDING |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleepy Hollow | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Paulding | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Craigsmere | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Calderwood | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| Agate | 10.4 miles | 14 | |
| Balitmore | 10.5 miles | 13 | |
| Bruce Crossing | 10.8 miles | 13 | |
| Ewen | 11.0 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Robbins | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q20710527 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617821. 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.