BlockWhigville, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Grand Blanc Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48439. The Survey maps it on the Flint South quadrangle.
On record in Whigville
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
First Baptist Church of Grand Blanclisted 1983 · 0.2 miles away
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.
- 1920 USGS Holly quadrangle1:62500
- 1922 USGS Holly quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Holly quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Flint South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
42 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Whigville between 2018 and 2020, burning about 43 acres in total. 9 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 | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MUNDY TOWNSHIP FD 2018254 - 2018 |
| 7 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CITY OF FLINT FD 0016180 - 2019 |
| 4 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CITY OF FLINT FD 0015960 - 2019 |
| 24 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAND BLANC FD 12478 - 2019 |
| 3 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BURTON CITY FIRE/RESCUE 0000266 - 2019 |
| 3 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BURTON CITY FIRE/RESCUE 0000265 - 2019 |
| 25 August 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAND BLANC FD 425 - 2020 |
| 10 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CITY OF FLINT FD 0014253 - 2019 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Blanc | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Burton | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Flint | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Lapeer Heights | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Rankin | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Atlas | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Belsay | 6.4 miles | 16 | |
| Bayport Park | 7.2 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2635529. 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.