BlockSummerton, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1985. It lies in ZIP code area 48883. The Survey maps it on the Alma North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1935 USGS Alma quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Alma quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Alma North quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Alma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Summerton between 2012 and 2019, burning about 12 acres in total. 1 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 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SHEPHERD TRI-TOWNSHIP FD 0018428 - 2018 |
| 14 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALMA FD 0000136 - 2019 |
| 29 June 2012 | Smoking | 2.7 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRATIOT 01 |
| 5 May 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CRYSTAL TOWNSHIP FD 0056-19 - 2019 |
| 28 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FREMONT TOWNSHIP FD 2018-17 - 2018 |
| 28 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SHEPHERD TRI-TOWNSHIP FD 0018249 - 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Hill | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Elwell | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Alma | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Saint Louis | 7.5 miles | 14 | |
| Riverdale | 8.0 miles | 10 | |
| Elm Hall | 9.1 miles | 11 | |
| Sumner | 12.0 miles | 11 | |
| Eugene | 12.1 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617881. 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.