BlockSwan Creek, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1985. It stands in James Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48609. The Survey maps it on the Shields quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1917 USGS St. Charles quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS St. Charles quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Shields quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Alma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Swan Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 32 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TRI-TOWNSHIP FD 0000161 - 2018 |
| 29 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge | STROEBEL ROAD 3 |
| 28 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAGINAW TOWNSHIP FD 480 - 2018 |
| 27 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge | STROEBEL ROAD 2 |
| 6 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | THOMAS TOWNSHIP FD 476 - 2019 |
| 23 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAGINAW TOWNSHIP FD 468 - 2020 |
| 31 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAGINAW TOWNSHIP FD 404 - 2019 |
| 23 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge | STROEBEL RD 1 |
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 Swan Creek: 1 past producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shields Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Swan Creek in 7 storm reports between 1999 and 2020: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swan Creek | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swan Creek | $1,000 | Wires reported down. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swan Creek | - | Multiple reports of trees and wires down. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swan Creek | - | Numerous trees were reported blown down. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Swan Creek | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Swan Creek | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Swan Creek | - | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617884. 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.
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.