BlockSnowshoe, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sherman Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49945. The Survey maps it on the Gay quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1938 USGS Gay quadrangle1:31680
- 1954 USGS Gay quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Snowshoe between 2001 and 2008, burning about 396 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 388 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RICE LAKE 2 |
| 24 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 2008 | Smoking | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BLUEBERRY HILL |
| 11 August 2008 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RICE LAKE III |
| 22 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 May 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | 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 Snowshoe: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Copper Prospect | Copper | Prospect |
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 1617855. 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.