BlockSaganing, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Standish Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48658. It stands on Saganing River. The Survey maps it on the Standish quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Flint quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Standish quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
26 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Saganing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 171 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PINCONNING-FRASER FD 0000184 - 2019 |
| 5 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | STANDISH FIRE AUTHORITY 0000060 - 2019 |
| 15 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BAY 01 |
| 13 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | STANDISH FIRE AUTHORITY 0000063 - 2019 |
| 9 April 1994 | Debris and open burning | 18 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 25 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARENAC 05 |
| 6 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Saganing: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mk Perlberg Clay Pit | Clay | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whites Beach | 1.0 miles | 10 | |
| Worth | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Pine River | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Standish | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Arenac | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Omer | 8.7 miles | 10 | |
| Sterling | 9.4 miles | 10 | |
| Morres Junction | 11.4 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122568526 | 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 636487. 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.