BlockWilber, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Wilber Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48730. It stands on Loud Creek. The Survey maps it on the Foote Site Village quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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 Tawas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS East Tawas quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1989 USGS Foote Site Village quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
79 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Wilber between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,091 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | WELLS ROAD |
| 25 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | BURNED TRAILER |
| 24 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | WELLS |
| 1 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 August 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foote Site Village | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Sid Town | 7.6 miles | 14 | |
| East Tawas | 7.6 miles | 13 | |
| Au Sable | 8.4 miles | 13 | |
| Tawas City | 8.4 miles | 14 | |
| Oscoda | 8.6 miles | 13 | |
| Lincoln Junction | 10.1 miles | 13 | |
| Clark Bayshore | 10.3 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1616427. 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.