BlockUnion Pier, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1983. It stands in New Buffalo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49129. It stands on South Branch Galien River. The Survey maps it on the New Buffalo East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1930 USGS Three Oaks quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Three Oaks quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS New Buffalo East quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS South Bend quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
19 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Union Pier between 2018 and 2020, burning about 19 acres in total. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | THREE OAKS FD 0000035 - 2019 |
| 27 September 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEW BUFFALO TOWNSHIP FD 175 - 2020 |
| 7 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEW BUFFALO TOWNSHIP FD 134 - 2020 |
| 22 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEW BUFFALO TOWNSHIP FD 143 - 2019 |
| 8 June 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEW BUFFALO TOWNSHIP FD 75 - 2019 |
| 7 June 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEW BUFFALO TOWNSHIP FD 74 - 2019 |
| 22 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHIKAMING FD 193 - 2019 |
| 5 April 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHIKAMING FD 100 - 2020 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeview | 0.4 miles | 13 | |
| Gordon Beach | 0.6 miles | 13 | |
| Hooks Corner | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| Sokol Camp | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Lakeside | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Turner Shores | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| New Buffalo | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Harbert | 4.5 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1615354. 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.