BlockWright, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wright Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49403. The Survey maps it on the Marne quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1945 USGS Ravenna quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Marne quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Wright between 2018 and 2020, burning about 46 acres in total. 2 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 | 8 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHESTER TOWNSHIP FD 0000070 - 2018 |
| 7 May 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALPINE TOWNSHIP FD 379 - 2020 |
| 6 May 2018 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHESTER TOWNSHIP FD 0000051 - 2018 |
| 26 May 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALPINE TOWNSHIP FD 435 - 2020 |
| 8 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SPARTA FD 234 - 2019 |
| 6 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SPARTA FD 228 - 2019 |
| 4 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SPARTA FD 218 - 2019 |
| 29 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHESTER TOWNSHIP FD 0000048 - 2018 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reno | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Herrington | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Conklin | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Marne | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Harrisburg | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| Coopersville | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| Tallmadge | 8.3 miles | 11 | |
| Lamont | 8.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1616829. 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.