BlockRoss, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Byron Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49315. The Survey maps it on the Cutlerville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1914 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Cutlerville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
29 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Ross between 2018 and 2020, burning about 32 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BYRON TOWNSHIP FD 878 - 2020 |
| 12 September 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BYRON TOWNSHIP FD 857 - 2020 |
| 22 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BYRON TOWNSHIP FD 784 - 2020 |
| 13 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DORR TOWNSHIP FD 0000107 - 2018 |
| 25 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BYRON TOWNSHIP FD 665 - 2019 |
| 20 July 2019 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BYRON TOWNSHIP FD 639 - 2019 |
| 15 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BYRON TOWNSHIP FD 550 - 2020 |
| 13 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CUTLERVILLE FD 857 - 2020 |
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 Ross: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Sand | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corinth | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Byron Center | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Carlisle | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| North Dorr | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Cutlerville | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| North Byron | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Kentwood | 6.6 miles | 15 | |
| Dutton | 7.1 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617827. 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.