BlockSugar Grove, Michigan
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Sherman Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49454. The Survey maps it on the Kings Corners quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1931 USGS Manistee SE quadrangle1:31680
- 1954 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Manistee quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Manitowoc quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Kings Corners quadrangle1:25000
- 1983 USGS Manistee quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Sugar Grove between 1996 and 2020, burning about 26 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SCOTTVILLE FD 20-0199 - 2020 |
| 1 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FOUNTAIN AREA FD 0078745 - 2019 |
| 3 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SCOTTVILLE FD 20-0164 - 2020 |
| 25 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MASON 02 - VICTORY |
| 18 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SCOTTVILLE FD 19-0191 - 2019 |
| 10 July 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | BEACH |
| 8 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SCOTTVILLE FD 20-0144 - 2020 |
| 28 May 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scottville | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Amber | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Custer | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Fountain | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Riverton (historical) | 7.6 miles | 10 | |
| Free Soil | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| Batcheller | 7.9 miles | 9 | |
| Tallman | 9.0 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1621817. 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.