BlockWoodland Park, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Merrill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49309. The Survey maps it on the Woodland Park 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.
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS White Cloud quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS White Cloud NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Woodland Park quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
107 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Woodland Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 231 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | BLACK BEAR |
| 17 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | FRUIT TRUCK |
| 6 July 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | LINCOLN |
| 5 July 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | WOOD BRIDGE |
| 4 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FREMONT FD 281 - 2020 |
| 4 July 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | CANDLE |
| 4 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | MAGNUM |
| 4 July 2006 | Fireworks | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | SLACKER FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodland Park in 2 storm reports between 1998 and 2006: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodland Park | $1,240,000 | Michigan State Police EMD's Damage and Injury Assessment Report indicated $1,237,000 in public damage costs, 48 homes destroyed, 690 homes damaged, and 15 businesses damaged across Newaygo County. Damage estimates for private property were not available. Newaygo County declared a local state of emergency and was granted a Governor's disaster declaration to activate state assistance for the county. On June 24th, President Clinton granted a Major Disaster Declaration for Newaygo County, making federal disaster assistance available. |
| October 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodland Park | $30,000 | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1622208. 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.