BlockStar, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Munising Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49884. It stands on Prairie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Shingleton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1931 USGS Shingleton SW quadrangle1:31680
- 1958 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Shingleton quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Munising quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Shingleton quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
6 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Star between 1994 and 2018, burning about 1 acre 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 | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 May 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 May 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 May 2018 | Other causes | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | SHINGLETON 2 FIRE |
| 20 April 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingleton | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Myren | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Van Meer | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Williams Crossing | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Evelyn | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Doty | 7.7 miles | 12 | |
| Melstrand | 8.1 miles | 11 | |
| Indian Town | 10.0 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617866. 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.