BlockWales Center, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Wales Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48027. It stands on Green Drain. The Survey maps it on the Goodells 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 Goodells quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Goodells quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Goodells quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Lake St. Clair North quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Goodells quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
15 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Wales Center between 1994 and 2019, burning about 98 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 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MEMPHIS VFD 2019264 - 2019 |
| 4 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MEMPHIS VFD 2018231 - 2018 |
| 27 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EMMETT FD 0000143 - 2019 |
| 17 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | KIMBALL TOWNSHIP FD 458 - 2018 |
| 9 April 1994 | Smoking | 12 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 April 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MEMPHIS VFD 2018136 - 2018 |
| 15 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 54 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 Wales Center: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amcord Cement Co. Pit | Clay | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lambs | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Goodells | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Thornton | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Columbus | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Smiths Creek | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Emmett | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Abbottsford | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Kimball | 6.2 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1625000. 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.