BlockWise, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Wise Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48618. The Survey maps it on the Leaton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1930 USGS Shepherd quadrangle1:48000
- 1930 USGS Shepherd quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1936 USGS Shepherd quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Leaton quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Midland quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
19 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Wise between 1992 and 2020, burning about 63 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.4 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ISABELLA 03 |
| 8 May 2017 | Other causes | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MIDLAND 05 |
| 7 May 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLARE FD 0000075 - 2018 |
| 19 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | PETTIBONE |
| 18 May 1996 | Smoking | 20 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 May 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wise in 1 storm report in 2018: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wise | $10,000 | Area law enforcement reported that a few trees were blown down and blocked area roads in southern Isabella county. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delwin | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Loomis | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Leaton | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Herrick | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Jordan | 6.6 miles | 15 | |
| Vernon Center | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Rosebush | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Country Place Park | 7.7 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617949. 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.