BlockRusk, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Allendale Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49401. It stands on Little Bass Creek. The Survey maps it on the Borculo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1929 USGS Holland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1932 USGS Holland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Borculo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Holland quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
29 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Rusk between 1992 and 2020, burning about 42 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 August 2019 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BLENDON TOWNSHIP FD 19300 - 2019 |
| 11 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BLENDON TOWNSHIP FD 19281 - 2019 |
| 6 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 July 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 June 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALLENDALE TOWNSHIP FD 191299 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Rusk: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bass River Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Construction Aggregates Corp Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ottawa County Road Commission Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ottawa County Road Commission Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rieth-Riley Constr. Aggregate 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allendale | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| North Blendon | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Robinson | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Olive Center | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Pearline | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Borculo | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Ottawa Center | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Eastmanville | 5.1 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 636399. 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.