BlockSeewhy, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Chippewa Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49728. It stands on Grants Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eckerman quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1951 USGS Eckerman quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Eckerman quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Manistique Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Seewhy between 1994 and 2020, burning about 58 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | ECKERMAN CORNER |
| 19 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Seney National Wildlife Refuge | DIVERTED FLIGHT |
| 14 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | NOODLE |
| 5 July 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | SALT |
| 3 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | CLUELESS |
| 28 July 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | TWO DAYS LATE |
| 14 June 2014 | Natural | 1.8 acres | Hiawatha National Forest | SONJA |
| 13 June 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | SHED |
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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hulbert | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Eckerman | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Eckerman Corner | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Strongs | 6.6 miles | 15 | |
| Strongs Corner | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Trout Lake | 11.7 miles | 12 | |
| Snug Harbor | 14.0 miles | 12 | |
| Whitehouse Landing | 14.3 miles | 14 |
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 Q122552876 | 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 1617842. 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.