BlockWoods, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Gilmore Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48622. The Survey maps it on the Woods quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Clare quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Woods quadrangle1:25000
- 1984 USGS Midland quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Woods between 1994 and 2018, burning about 102 acres in total. None 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 | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NOTTAWA-SHERMAN TWP FD 0000178 - 2018 |
| 10 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.4 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ISABELLA 05 |
| 9 April 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ISABELLA 04 |
| 23 April 2010 | Smoking | 2.8 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ISABELLA 04 |
| 22 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLARE FD 0000058 - 2018 |
| 15 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 8.4 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ISABELLA 02 |
| 23 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ISABELLA 01 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beal City | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Weidman | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Vernon Center | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Brinton | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Vernon City | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| Rosebush | 7.5 miles | 15 | |
| Two Rivers | 9.6 miles | 15 | |
| Lake Isabella | 9.6 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617954. 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.