BlockRoyston, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Montmorency Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49746. The Survey maps it on the Royston quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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 Alpena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Hillman quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Royston quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Royston between 1995 and 2019, burning about 10 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 | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HILLMAN FD 0000048 - 2019 |
| 4 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HILLMAN FD 0000024 - 2018 |
| 6 June 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 June 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.1 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 May 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MONTMORENCY 05 |
| 9 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MONTMORENCY #001 |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 636356. 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.