BlockVogel Center, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Clam Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49657. The Survey maps it on the Falmouth quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1954 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Marion quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Cadillac quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Falmouth quadrangle1:25000
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
20 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Vogel Center between 1992 and 2018, burning about 134 acres 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MISSAUKEE 07 - FORWARD ROAD FIRE |
| 24 July 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MISSAUKEE 09 |
| 11 July 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.3 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MISSAUKEE 08 - WEST FALMOUTH |
| 11 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MISSAUKEE 05 |
| 9 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | GOLDEN RETRIEVER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vogel Center in 1 storm report in 1994: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1994 | Hail | Vogel Center | - | Major crop damage occurred on a 5,000 acre area south and west of Vogel Center along the southern edge of the county. Hail size ranged from 1.25 to 1.75 inches. The entire episode was over in about seven minutes. Department of Agriculture specialists estimated the total damage at $200,000. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prosper | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Falmouth | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Moddersville | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Dinca | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Butterfield | 7.9 miles | 12 | |
| McBain | 8.5 miles | 11 | |
| Dolph | 9.6 miles | 12 | |
| Keelans Corner | 10.1 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 Q122549584 | 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 1615613. 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.