BlockTroy, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Troy Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49459. The Survey maps it on the Walkerville East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1931 USGS Walkerville NE quadrangle1:31680
- 1954 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Hesperia quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Hersperia NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Ludington quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Walkerville East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
35 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Troy between 1994 and 2020, burning about 266 acres 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | BEAVER |
| 16 August 2018 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | ISLAND LAKE |
| 13 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | TOY |
| 10 August 1998 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | IRON BRIDGE |
| 7 July 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | OSBOURNE |
| 4 July 2006 | Fireworks | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | SLACKER FIRE |
| 15 June 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | BURNING BEAVER |
| 8 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | BOONIE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volney | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Walgamor Corners | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Bitely | 8.4 miles | 15 | |
| Woodland Park | 8.6 miles | 15 | |
| Huber | 9.1 miles | 14 | |
| Lilley | 9.1 miles | 15 | |
| Brohman | 11.5 miles | 15 | |
| Aetna | 13.2 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1621966. 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.