BlockWheeler, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Wheeler Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48662. The Survey maps it on the Breckenridge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1934 USGS Merrill quadrangle1:62500
- 1937 USGS Merrill quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Breckenridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Alma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Wheeler between 2018 and 2019, burning about 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRECKENRIDGE-WHEELER FD 0000168 - 2019 |
| 14 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | JONESFIELD-LAKEFIELD FD 128 - 2019 |
| 17 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | JONESFIELD-LAKEFIELD FD 91 - 2019 |
| 25 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRECKENRIDGE-WHEELER FD 0000081 - 2019 |
| 25 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MID-MICHIGAN COMMUNITY FD 0000116 - 2019 |
| 26 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | JONESFIELD-LAKEFIELD FD 61 - 2018 |
| 14 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | JONESFIELD-LAKEFIELD FD 47 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wheeler in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wheeler | - | Shingles and roofing partially removed from a home. Tree damage on the property. |
| May 2011 | Hail | North Wheeler | - | A trained spotter three miles north northwest of Wheeler reported that a severe thunderstorm produced hail that was predominately dime sized, but also some nickel sized hail and even a few hailstones which were up to an inch and a half in diameter. The larger stones may have stuck together on the ground after falling. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breckenridge | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| North Wheeler | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Langport | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Rathbone | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Beebe | 7.9 miles | 14 | |
| Edgewood | 8.4 miles | 12 | |
| Saint Louis | 9.0 miles | 14 | |
| Sickles | 9.3 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1616258. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.