BlockRoberts Corner, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Pentland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49868. The Survey maps it on the Roberts Corner quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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
- 1973 USGS Roberts Corner quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Manistique Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
29 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Roberts Corner between 1992 and 2019, burning about 39 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2001 | Fireworks | 3.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 July 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CORRAL FIRE |
| 21 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LUCE 0002 |
| 17 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MAKI FIRE |
| 7 June 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 June 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 June 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Roberts Corner: 3 producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Luce County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Vertz 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newberry | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Dollarville | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Lencel | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Natalie | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| McPhees Landing | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| McLeods Corner | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Fourmile Corner | 8.1 miles | 10 | |
| Eightmile Corner | 9.7 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 636038. 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.