BlockYates, Michigan
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Rochester Hills City. It lies in ZIP code area 48307. It stands on Stony Creek. The Survey maps it on the Utica quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1908 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1936 USGS Washington quadrangle1:31680
- 1946 USGS Utica quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Utica quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Utica quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
49 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Yates between 2018 and 2020, burning about 95 acres in total. 5 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 | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SHELBY TOWNSHIP FD 0005784 - 2018 |
| 17 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SHELBY TOWNSHIP FD 0005593 - 2018 |
| 30 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CITY OF STERLING HEIGHTS FD 0010507 - 2018 |
| 29 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ROCHESTER HILLS FD 0005044 - 2019 |
| 23 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ROCHESTER HILLS FD 0004371 - 2020 |
| 13 August 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP FD 0001820 - 2018 |
| 8 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CITY OF STERLING HEIGHTS FD 0008320 - 2018 |
| 7 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CITY OF STERLING HEIGHTS FD 0008269 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Yates: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macomb Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Morgan Number 1 Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Nay and Gladstone Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Creek | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Rochester | 2.1 miles | 21 | |
| Rochester Hills | 3.1 miles | 21 | |
| Goodison | 5.4 miles | 21 | |
| Troy | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Auburn Heights | 7.3 miles | 21 | |
| Auburn Hills | 7.4 miles | 21 | |
| Big Beaver | 7.8 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617957. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.