BlockVickery Landing, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Johnstown Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49050. The Survey maps it on the Dowling quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1951 USGS Hastings quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Dowling quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
23 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Vickery Landing between 2003 and 2020, burning about 161 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP VFD 0000250 - 2019 |
| 8 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HASTINGS FD 0000205 - 2018 |
| 2 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DELTON FD 0000172 - 2018 |
| 9 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BARRY 01 |
| 6 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Vickery Landing: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rieth-Riley Construction Co Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dowling | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Banfield | 2.9 miles | 19 | |
| Cedar Creek | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Lacey | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Schultz | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Cloverdale | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Hickory Corners | 7.0 miles | 19 | |
| Delton | 7.2 miles | 19 |
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 Q122546204 | 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 1615570. 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.