BlockWagarville, Michigan
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Gladwin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48624. The Survey maps it on the Wagarville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Wagarville quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Houghton Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
53 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Wagarville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 152 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2012 | Other causes | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GLADWIN 15 |
| 22 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GLADWIN 06 |
| 11 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GLADWIN 02 |
| 1 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 14 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 July 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GLADWIN RURAL URBAN FD 0000114 - 2019 |
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 Wagarville: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Korkoske Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McClure | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Gladwin | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Oberlin | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Hockaday | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Sugar Rapids | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Podunk | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| White Star | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Secord | 6.4 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1615654. 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.