BlockThayer, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Watersmeet Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49969. It stands on Thayer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Thayer quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1952 USGS Thayer quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Thayer quadrangle1:25000
- 1990 USGS Wakefield quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Thayer quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Thayer between 2003 and 2013, burning about 1 acre 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 | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | HEMLOCK |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Ottawa National Forest | STUMP |
| 29 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | LITTLE BEATONS LAKE |
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 Thayer: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Feldspar. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marenisco Feldspar Exposure | Feldspar | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gogebic | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Stickley | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Beaton | 6.9 miles | 14 | |
| White City | 6.9 miles | 12 | |
| Wellington | 10.3 miles | 12 | |
| Marenisco | 12.8 miles | 13 | |
| Bonifas | 15.6 miles | 15 | |
| Theilers | 15.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1621886. 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.