BlockWillow, Michigan
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Huron Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48164. It stands on Martin Drain. The Survey maps it on the Carleton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1906 USGS Romulus quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1928 USGS Romulus quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Carleton quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Carleton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Carleton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Carleton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
33 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Willow between 2018 and 2020, burning about 33 acres in total. 7 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 | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 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 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SUMPTER TOWNSHIP FD 589 - 2019 |
| 22 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HURON TOWNSHIP FD 191239 - 2019 |
| 1 September 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HURON TOWNSHIP FD 18930 - 2018 |
| 29 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HURON TOWNSHIP FD 191142 - 2019 |
| 23 August 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HURON TOWNSHIP FD 18884 - 2018 |
| 21 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HURON TOWNSHIP FD 18889 - 2018 |
| 11 August 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SUMPTER TOWNSHIP FD 543 - 2020 |
| 8 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SUMPTER TOWNSHIP FD 460 - 2020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Willow in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Willow | $500,000 | A tornado touched down just southeast of Clark and Willow roads. |EF1 damage with winds estimated up to 105 mph were noted along Waltz road and just to the east. Damage included multiple homes with roof damage and two destroyed garages. The tornado ended just east of Rust rd. |The total path length was 1.4 miles from southwest to northeast. |The tornado was 200 yards wide where the EF1 damage occurred. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willow | - | Tree damage reported at Willow Metropark Golf Course. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willow | - | Several trees reported down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waltz | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| New Boston | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Martinsville | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| Flat Rock | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| West Sumpter | 6.1 miles | 17 | |
| French Landing | 6.9 miles | 19 | |
| Roulo | 6.9 miles | 19 | |
| Romulus | 7.4 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1616527. 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.