Acme, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Acme Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49690. It stands on Acme Creek. The Survey maps it on the Traverse City SE quadrangle. It stands 594 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Traverse City SE quadrangle1:25000
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
37 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Acme between 1992 and 2020, burning about 54 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Agency | TURTLE CREEK 2 |
| 17 September 2002 | Fireworks | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TRAVERSE CITY FD 0002106 - 2018 |
| 10 August 1992 | Natural | 6.8 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAND TRAVERSE METRO FD 192439 - 2019 |
| 31 July 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAND TRAVERSE METRO FD 192682 - 2019 |
| 2 July 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Acme in 5 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acme | $5,000 | Thunderstorm wind gust recorded at mesonet station MC112 MDOT site near Acme. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acme | - | Mesonet station MC112 Mdot Site. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acme | - | A large tree was downed along M-72. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acme | - | Trees were downed by the wind in a small area of northeastern Grand Traverse County. The area extended from six miles east of Traverse City to Williamsburg. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Acme | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fivemile Corner | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Bates | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Yuba | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Williamsburg | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Devils Elbow | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Angel | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Traverse City | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Jacks Landing | 7.3 miles | 14 |
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 Acme | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q115857852 | 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 619807. 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.





