BlockWallin, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Colfax Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49683. The Survey maps it on the Thompsonville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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
- 1956 USGS Thompsonville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Thompsonville SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Thompsonville quadrangle1:25000
- 1983 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
21 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Wallin between 1995 and 2020, burning about 131 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.7 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BENZIE 01 |
| 7 August 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BENZIE 02 |
| 1 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | INLAND TWP FD 129 - 2020 |
| 6 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 July 2017 | Natural | 55 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BENZIE 01 GRASS LAKE MARSH |
| 29 July 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nessen City | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Thompsonville | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Bendon | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Platte River | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Weldon | 9.2 miles | 11 | |
| Honor | 9.4 miles | 10 | |
| Averytown (historical) | 10.6 miles | 10 | |
| Lake Ann | 10.8 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617917. 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.