BlockSylvester, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Hinton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49332. The Survey maps it on the Altona quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Big Rapids SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Altona quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Sylvester between 1995 and 2020, burning about 82 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MORTON TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 185 - 2020 |
| 7 May 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAKEVIEW DISTRICT FD 0000084 - 2018 |
| 31 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MORTON TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 238 - 2019 |
| 3 May 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MECOSTA 04 |
| 12 May 1996 | Smoking | 15 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 April 2001 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 April 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 9.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sylvester in 4 storm reports between 2004 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Sylvester | $100,000 | A NWS storm survey determined that an EF-1 tornado occurred with a path length of about 3 miles. A wood-sided barn was destroyed just south of the 80th Avenue and 5 Mile intersection. The tornado passed over the power substation at 75th Avenue and 5 mile and then proceeded northeast through a field where a center pivot irrigator was tipped over. Along 70th Avenue, between 5 Mile and 6 Mile, an open-air animal barn was torn apart with sheet metal deposited in the field downwind. Additionally, power poles were impacted by barn debris and consequently snapped, and another center pivot irrigator was tipped over. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Sylvester | $15,000 | Three quarters inch hail was reported near Sylvester. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sylvester | $5,000 | Several six inch diameter tree limbs were blown down on M-66. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sylvester | - | An NWS storm survey found that scattered trees and large limbs were blown down from Morley to Remus. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halls Corner | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Altona | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Canadian Lakes | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Rustford | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Mecosta | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Remus | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Higbee Corner | 7.3 miles | 14 | |
| Millbrook | 9.0 miles | 11 |
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 Q118213251 | 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 1617887. 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.