BlockSeneca, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Seneca Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49256. The Survey maps it on the Clayton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Clayton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Seneca between 1996 and 2019, burning about 63 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.4 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DOVER-HUDSON TOWNSHIP/CLAYTON FD 0000085 - 2019 |
| 5 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 acres | Michigan Wetland Management District | MIMWR-FY19-WF-SCHOONOVER WPA |
| 24 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DOVER-HUDSON TOWNSHIP/CLAYTON FD 0000098 - 2019 |
| 13 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP VFD 0000052 - 2019 |
| 27 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP VFD 0000044 - 2019 |
| 27 March 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MORENCI FD 0000066 - 2019 |
| 26 March 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MORENCI FD 0000063 - 2019 |
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 Seneca: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Packard Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Seneca in 3 storm reports between 1995 and 2018: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seneca | - | Multiple trees reported down. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seneca | - | Dispatch reported powerpoles and wires down. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Seneca | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Morenci | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Canandaigua | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Weston | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Sand Creek | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Medina | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Morenci | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Cadmus | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Clayton | 6.1 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 637574. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.