BlockSpeaker, Michigan
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Speaker Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48454. The Survey maps it on the Yale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1954 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Yale quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Croswell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Speaker between 2018 and 2020, burning about 37 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | YALE FD 018-037 - 2018 |
| 8 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ELK TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 1416 - 2020 |
| 22 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SPEAKER TOWNSHIP FD 0000015 - 2018 |
| 20 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | KENOCKEE TOWNSHIP FD 0000070 - 2018 |
| 14 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SPEAKER TOWNSHIP FD 0000017 - 2020 |
| 26 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ELK TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 1113 - 2018 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melvin | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Roseburg | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Peck | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Valley Center | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Watertown | 9.5 miles | 10 | |
| Brown City | 9.8 miles | 10 | |
| Cash | 9.9 miles | 10 | |
| Croswell | 10.9 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 638479. 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.