BlockTappan, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Port Huron Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48060. It stands on Baldwin Drain. The Survey maps it on the Port Huron quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1912 USGS Port Huron quadrangle1:62500
- 1929 USGS Port Huron quadrangle1:62500
- 1939 USGS Port Huron quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Port Huron quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Port Huron quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Port Huron quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Lake St. Clair North quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Port Huron quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
24 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Tappan between 2018 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. 4 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PORT HURON FD 2223 - 2019 |
| 13 August 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PORT HURON FD 2176 - 2019 |
| 25 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PORT HURON TOWNSHIP FD 607 - 2020 |
| 5 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PORT HURON FD 1413 - 2020 |
| 5 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PORT HURON TOWNSHIP FD 476 - 2020 |
| 14 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PORT HURON FD 0001515 - 2018 |
| 9 May 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FORT GRATIOT FD 1800484 - 2018 |
| 8 May 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FORT GRATIOT FD 1800480 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Tappan: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morton Salt Co--Marysville, Mich. | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Morton Salt Co--Port Huron, Mich. | Salt | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Park | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Sparlingville | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Port Huron | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| West Tappan | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Wadhams | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Marysville | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Kimball | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Gardendale | 5.0 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1624979. 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.