BlockTurk Lake, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Montcalm Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48838. 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
28 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Turk Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 99 acres in total. 4 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MAPLE VALLEY TWP FIRE DEPARTMENT 0001935 - 2019 |
| 9 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MONTCALM TOWNSHIP FD 2018034 - 2018 |
| 9 May 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAKEVIEW DISTRICT FD 0000086 - 2018 |
| 2 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MONTCALM TOWNSHIP FD 2018029 - 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 |
| 1 May 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MONTCALM TOWNSHIP FD 2019038 - 2019 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gowen | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Langston | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Trufant | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Greenville | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Eureka Place | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Sidney | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Entrican | 7.7 miles | 11 | |
| Stanton | 9.4 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1615172. 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.