BlockWildeys, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Paw Paw Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49079. The Survey maps it on the Paw Paw 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.
- 1944 USGS Marcellus quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1946 USGS Marcellus quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Paw Paw quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Kalamazoo quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Wildeys between 2018 and 2020, burning about 14 acres in total. 2 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 | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PAW PAW VFD 0000165 - 2019 |
| 5 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PAW PAW VFD 0000137 - 2019 |
| 2 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PAW PAW VFD 0000153 - 2018 |
| 4 April 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP EMERGENCY SERVICES 19043 - 2019 |
| 22 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PAW PAW VFD 0000082 - 2018 |
| 2 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | KEELER TOWNSHIP FIRE RESCUE 56 - 2020 |
| 26 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PAW PAW VFD 0000064 - 2019 |
| 25 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PAW PAW VFD 0000062 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Wildeys: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budzen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| J V Burkett Construction Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Klett Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Plopper Pit & Mill | 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.
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 Q122539708 | 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 2112881. 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.