BlockSalva, Michigan
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Cornell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49818. The Survey maps it on the Cornell quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 9 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.
- 1932 USGS Gladstone NW quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Gladstone NW quadrangle1:31680
- 1954 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Gladstone quadrangle1:62500
- 1982 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Cornell quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
28 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Salva between 1992 and 2020, burning about 101 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 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | I ROAD |
| 17 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BURNT LOG |
| 1 September 2003 | Natural | 6.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 45 acres | Hiawatha National Forest | SLASH PILE |
| 1 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ESCANABA TOWNSHIP FD 1900020 - 2019 |
| 1 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.5 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 Salva: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Escanaba Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Goedert Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pacquin 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617836. 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.