BlockWhite, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Laird Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49952. It stands on Coffee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nisula quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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 Winona quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Nisula quadrangle1:25000
- 1991 USGS L'Anse quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of White between 1992 and 2013, burning about 8 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.7 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | STRAWBERRY LANE |
| 10 May 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Ottawa National Forest | not named |
| 10 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 October 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.5 acres | Ottawa National Forest | COURTNEY FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names White in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | White | $50,000 | Nearly four inches of rain from late evening on the 18th into the early morning of the 19th caused flooding on south Laird Road in southern Houghton County where a 4-foot culvert washed out and farther down the road a second culvert was sticking out of ground. Road was not passable after flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nisula | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Alston | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Hazel | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Lake Roland | 8.3 miles | 12 | |
| Winona | 8.6 miles | 13 | |
| Wyandotte | 8.9 miles | 12 | |
| Twin Lakes | 9.1 miles | 12 | |
| Pori | 9.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1622133. 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.