BlockSugar Rapids, Michigan
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Butman Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48624. It stands on South Branch Little Sugar River. The Survey maps it on the Wagarville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Wagarville quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Houghton Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
52 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Sugar Rapids between 1993 and 2020, burning about 140 acres in total. 3 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 | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2012 | Other causes | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GLADWIN 15 |
| 2 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GLADWIN 02 |
| 6 July 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 July 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GLADWIN 17 |
| 24 July 2015 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GLADWIN 16 |
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 Sugar Rapids: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 Clay Prospect | Clay | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hockaday | 1.0 miles | 9 | |
| McClure | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Butman | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Wagarville | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Oberlin | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Secord | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| White Star | 7.7 miles | 10 | |
| Wooden Shoe Village | 8.0 miles | 10 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122594448 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617878. 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.