BlockWexford Corner, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Mayfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49620. The Survey maps it on the Buckley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1954 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Kingsley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Buckley quadrangle1:25000
- 1983 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
34 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Wexford Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 140 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 September 2018 | Natural | 1.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WEXFORD 08 |
| 9 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | COLFAX-GREENWOOD VFD 0000028 - 2018 |
| 5 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BUCKLEY VFD 0000220 - 2018 |
| 14 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BUCKLEY VFD 0000211 - 2018 |
| 25 July 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 June 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 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 Wexford Corner: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kidder 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pavlovic Corner | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Hannah | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Karlin | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Monroe Center | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Hilltop | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Kingsley | 9.8 miles | 12 | |
| Interlochen | 9.9 miles | 15 | |
| Summit City | 10.0 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122570822 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617937. 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.