BlockWadhams, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Kimball Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48074. The Survey maps it on the Smiths Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1928 USGS Hicky quadrangle1:62500
- 1939 USGS Smiths Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Smiths Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Smiths Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Lake St. Clair North quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Smiths Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
26 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Wadhams between 2003 and 2020, burning about 26 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 August 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PORT HURON FD 2176 - 2019 |
| 28 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | KIMBALL TOWNSHIP FD 512 - 2019 |
| 25 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PORT HURON TOWNSHIP FD 607 - 2020 |
| 5 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PORT HURON TOWNSHIP FD 476 - 2020 |
| 20 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FORT GRATIOT FD 595 - 2020 |
| 14 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PORT HURON FD 0001515 - 2018 |
| 9 May 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FORT GRATIOT FD 1800484 - 2018 |
| 8 May 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FORT GRATIOT FD 1800480 - 2018 |
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 Wadhams: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smock Pit | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Tappan | 1.2 miles | 12 | |
| Sparlingville | 1.8 miles | 12 | |
| Kimball | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Tappan | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Gardendale | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Thornton | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Ruby | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| South Park | 5.3 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1624997. 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.