BlockTrowbridge, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Nunda Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49799. It stands on Bradley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Green Timbers 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.
- 1954 USGS Gaylord quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Petoskey quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Green Timbers quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
43 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Trowbridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 87 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 | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TUSCARORA TOWNSHIP VFD 0000139 - 2019 |
| 23 August 1992 | Smoking | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHEBOYGAN 12 |
| 3 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHEBOYGAN 09 - MILE MARKER 297 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverine | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Haakwood | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Haakwood (historical) | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Rondo | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Afton | 11.0 miles | 13 | |
| Wildwood | 11.3 miles | 12 | |
| Pittsburg Landing | 12.1 miles | 12 | |
| Kingsley Beach | 12.3 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617900. 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.