Alabaster, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Alabaster Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48763. It stands on Mason Creek. The Survey maps it on the Alabaster quadrangle.
On record in Alabaster
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Alabaster Historic Districtlisted 1977
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 11 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 Tawas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Alabaster quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Alabaster between 1994 and 2020, burning about 68 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARENAC 06 |
| 4 August 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 26 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 August 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | MARGO |
| 8 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TAWAS CITY FD 0000036 - 2019 |
| 2 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | ORACLE |
| 18 May 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | TOWNLINE |
| 4 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | ALABASTER |
| 19 April 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | CHOO-CHOO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Alabaster: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabaster Mine and Mill | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Alabaster Quarry | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | 1865, 2001 | |
| Glancy Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Iosco Co Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alabaster in 1 storm report in 2020: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Flood | Alabaster | $1,200,000 | Widespread areal flooding developed in central and southern Iosco County on the 18th. Many creeks and rivers rose out of their banks, including the Au Gres River system and Silver Creek and its tributaries. Many roads across the county were closed, including Meadow Road in Tawas City. Railroad tracks were also washed out in Tawas City. Townline Road in Tawas Township was washed out by Dead Creek. Flooding along the Lake Huron coastline was worsened by lakeshore flooding thanks to onshore winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Haven | 0.7 miles | 11 | |
| Benson Park | 1.2 miles | 11 | |
| Oak Wood Shores | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Hyde Park | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Huron Oaks | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Lake Huron Beach | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Anderson Bayview | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Alabaster Junction | 4.1 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 619883. 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.



