BlockWildwood, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Mentor Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49706. The Survey maps it on the Wildwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1955 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Wolverine quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Petoskey quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Wildwood quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
54 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Wildwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 88 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 18 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHEBOYGAN 08 - LATE NITE DELIGHT |
| 2 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TUSCARORA TOWNSHIP VFD 0000115 - 2019 |
| 1 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 July 2013 | Other causes | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EMMET 0002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Wildwood: 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheboygan Co Pit Rondo Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hatch Farm Shale Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| White Farm Shale Prospect | Clay | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsley Beach | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Pittsburg Landing | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Springwell Heights | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Burt Lake | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Rondo | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Indian River | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Haakwood | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Haakwood (historical) | 6.4 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617946. 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.