BlockVan Meer, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Munising Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49884. The Survey maps it on the Melstrand 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.
- 1958 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Shingleton quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Melstrand quadrangle1:25000
- 1983 USGS Munising quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Van Meer between 1993 and 2018, burning about 1 acre in total. None 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 | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 July 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 May 2018 | Other causes | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | SHINGLETON 2 FIRE |
| 20 April 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Van Meer: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linberg Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| State Pit # 225 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williams Crossing | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Myren | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Melstrand | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Shingleton | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Evelyn | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Indian Town | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Doty | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Star | 6.5 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122556672 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1622014. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.