BlockTrufant, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Maple Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49347. The Survey maps it on the Trufant quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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 Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Howard City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Trufant quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
21 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Trufant between 1992 and 2019, burning about 143 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MAPLE VALLEY TWP FIRE DEPARTMENT 0001936 - 2019 |
| 9 May 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAKEVIEW DISTRICT FD 0000086 - 2018 |
| 19 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MAPLE VALLEY TWP FIRE DEPARTMENT 0000028 - 2018 |
| 18 May 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 1994 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SPENCER TOWNSHIP FD 0000113 - 2018 |
| 3 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MONTCALM TOWNSHIP FD 2019038 - 2019 |
| 3 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MAPLE VALLEY TWP FIRE DEPARTMENT 0000018 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trufant in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2013: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trufant | $3,000 | Wind gusts estimated at 60 mph blew down several power lines. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trufant | $2,000 | Power poles were snapped in a field near Trufant. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trufant | - | A couple of trees were blown down in Trufant as reported by a trained spotter in the area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coral | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Gowen | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Langston | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Turk Lake | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Hiram | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Pierson | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Maple Hill | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Howard City | 8.2 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1615135. 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.
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.