BlockWalters, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Independence Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48348. The Survey maps it on the Oxford quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1943 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Walters between 2018 and 2019, burning about 15 acres in total. 4 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 | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRANDON FD 0000929 - 2019 |
| 20 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP FD 0002522 - 2019 |
| 26 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP FD 0002228 - 2019 |
| 3 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WATERFORD TOWNSHIP FD 0006862 - 2019 |
| 27 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP FD 0001929 - 2019 |
| 26 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ORION TOWNSHIP FD 1555 - 2018 |
| 8 June 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRANDON FD 0000615 - 2018 |
| 4 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP FD 0001403 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Walters: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sibley Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Salem Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Webers Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Webers Sand and Gravel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gingellville | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Lake Orion Heights | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Clarkston | 4.5 miles | 21 | |
| Lake Angelus | 4.7 miles | 21 | |
| Clintonville | 5.1 miles | 21 | |
| Waterford | 5.4 miles | 21 | |
| Perry Lake Heights | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Lake Orion | 5.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1615742. 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.