BlockWiley, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Riverton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49454. The Survey maps it on the Wiley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1932 USGS Ludington SE quadrangle1:31680
- 1954 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Milwaukee quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Ludington quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Ludington quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Wiley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Wiley between 1992 and 2019, burning about 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HART FD 50 - 2019 |
| 26 May 1996 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | WOODRUFF |
| 5 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | HAWLEY ROAD |
| 29 March 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CRYSTAL TOWNSHIP FD 0028173 - 2019 |
| 26 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RIVERTON TOWNSHIP FD 0000031 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wiley: 1 producer. All of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wiley in 3 storm reports between 2005 and 2013: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wiley | $25,000 | A county official reported that multiple large trees were blown down near Wiley. This storm also brought down scattered branches in Lake and Newaygo Counties. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wiley | $25,000 | no account filed |
| September 2011 | Hail | Wiley | - | A strong thunderstorm produced predominantly one half inch hail with several three quarters inch diameter hailstones five miles south of Scottville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fern | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Riverton (historical) | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Meisenheimer Corners | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Scottville | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Amber | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| Custer | 7.0 miles | 11 | |
| White Pine Village | 9.9 miles | 10 | |
| Sugar Grove | 9.9 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1622166. 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.
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.