BlockMichael, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Crater precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62053. It lies in Michael Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Hardin quadrangle. It stands 446 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1930 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1934 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Jerseyville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Michael between 2017 and 2019, burning about 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 19-006 |
| 11 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | JEFFERY RUYLE |
| 21 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | ADAM BAILEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Michael: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eldred Stone Co. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Michael in 3 storm reports between 2021 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Michael | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees near Michael. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Michael | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and power lines, as well as numerous tree limbs in and near the Hardin area. |
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Michael | - | Up to 5 inches of rain fell in a 90 minute period causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded between Hamburg, Hardin, Batchtown and Meppen. A culvert on a road just south of Hardin was washed out. The road is gone with a 10 foot wide by 5 foot deep area washed out from the road bed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kampsville | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Hamburg | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Hardin | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Mozier Landing | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Star City | 7.5 miles | 15 | |
| Mozier | 7.8 miles | 13 | |
| Birch Island | 7.8 miles | 15 | |
| Gilead | 8.0 miles | 15 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Michael | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6828002 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 413471. 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.
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.