BlockSmith Crossing, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Owosso Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48867. The Survey maps it on the Owosso North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1917 USGS Chesaning quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Chesaning quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Owosso North quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Alma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Smith Crossing between 2018 and 2019, burning about 19 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OWOSSO FD 182134 - 2018 |
| 19 September 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OWOSSO TOWNSHIP FD 0000129 - 2018 |
| 2 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CORUNNA-CALEDONIA FD 0000108 - 2019 |
| 1 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OVID-MIDDLEBURY FD 0000086 - 2019 |
| 12 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OWOSSO TOWNSHIP FD 0000100 - 2018 |
| 11 July 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OWOSSO TOWNSHIP FD 0000098 - 2018 |
| 4 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OWOSSO TOWNSHIP FD 0000079 - 2018 |
| 18 May 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OWOSSO FD 0001096 - 2019 |
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 Smith Crossing: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Fitzgerald Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Owosso Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Shiawassee County Road Comm. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf Crossing | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Five Points | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Owosso | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Burton | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Five Points North | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Henderson | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Carland | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Middletown | 5.0 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617854. 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.