BlockTower, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Forest Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49765. It stands on Gillis Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tower quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1955 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Tower quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Petoskey quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Tower quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
32 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Tower between 1992 and 2019, burning about 135 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FOREST-WAVERLY FD 2001901 - 2019 |
| 13 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 June 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 June 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.1 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FOREST-WAVERLY FD 2019017 - 2019 |
| 1 June 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHEBOYGAN 10 |
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 Tower: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Onaway Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tower in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2011: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Tower | $30,000 | This tornado produced sporadic damage, mainly to trees, as it tracked across eastern Cheboygan County. One barn was destroyed just north of M-68, west of the community of Tower. The tornado moved out over Black Lake, where it was photographed from the shoreline, just before dissipating. Winds were estimated at 95 mph, making it an EF1. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tower | - | Strong thunderstorm winds toppled several trees up to 18 inches in diameter. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Tower | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Tower | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hangore Heights | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Pine Grove Beach | 6.9 miles | 12 | |
| Fingerboard Corner | 8.0 miles | 13 | |
| Legrand | 8.6 miles | 12 | |
| Afton | 10.5 miles | 13 | |
| Manning | 11.3 miles | 12 | |
| Aloha | 14.7 miles | 12 | |
| Alverno | 14.8 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1614982. 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.