BlockStar City, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in West Branch Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49651. The Survey maps it on the Merritt quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1954 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Houghton Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Houghton Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Merritt quadrangle1:25000
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
24 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Star City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 84 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 August 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MERRITT AREA FD 0112018 - 2018 |
| 25 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MISSAUKEE 10 |
| 24 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MERRITT AREA FD 0102019 - 2019 |
| 11 June 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.1 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MISSAUKEE 06 |
| 1 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MISSAUKEE 05 |
| 5 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 May 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Star City in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Star City | $10,000 | Photo of tree down over powerlines and roadway, reports of additional trees and lines down in the area near Merritt Speedway. Suspected downburst winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merritt | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Keelans Corner | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Moorestown | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Butterfield | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Stittsville | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Dinca | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Cutcheon | 8.0 miles | 12 | |
| Prosper | 9.2 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617867. 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.
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.