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Alamo, Michigan

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Alamo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49009. The Survey maps it on the Otsego quadrangle.

Alamo within Kalamazoo County

On record in Alamo

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

17 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Alamo between 1996 and 2020, burning about 22 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
Equipment and vehicle use9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesALAMO TOWNSHIP FD 19272 - 2019
29 July 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesKALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP FD 0001069 - 2018
25 June 2003Equipment and vehicle use2.6 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 June 2003Equipment and vehicle use5.4 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOSHTEMO TOWNSHIP FD 930 - 2020
5 May 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesALAMO TOWNSHIP FD 19176 - 2019
7 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesALAMO TOWNSHIP FD 19154 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kalamazoo County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Alamo: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory). Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Shield Brother's Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Bynre PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kalamazoo County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kalamazoo County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Kalamazoo County

Storms near this place

9 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alamo in 9 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2013FloodAlamo$5,000,000Heavy rainfall caused significant flooding on rivers and streams across Kalamazoo county.
November 2013Thunderstorm WindAlamo$50,000A trained spotter estimated wind gusts up to 70 mph in Alamo. Several trees and power lines were blown down in and around Kalamazoo.
June 2009Tornado (EF1)Alamo$50,000Several trees and large branches were broken where the tornado touched down. Structural damage was found near the intersection of 1st Street and Ab Avenue. This was the most significant damage. A roof was torn off of a 30x30 square foot outbuilding resulting in the failure of two walls. A nearby house received around 20% shingle loss and soffit damage. Numerous large trees were found across 1st Street. Approximately one-half mile east of the intersection of 1st Street and Ab Avenue, about 35% of trees were snapped or uprooted with numerous branches down in a forested area. Several utility wires were also down. Scattered tree and large branches were torn down near where the tornado lifted off of the ground.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindAlamo$25,000A trained spotter reported that trees were blown down and a roof was blown off of a home at 15th Street and 102nd Avenue.
April 2001HailAlamo$25,000no account filed
June 2013Thunderstorm WindAlamo$5,000A garage that was under construction was blown down in Alamo.
August 1996Thunderstorm WindAlamo$3,000no account filed
March 2023HailAlamo-One inch diameter hail was reported in Alamo by the public.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindAlamo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kalamazoo County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Cooper5.2 miles18
Doughertys Corners5.5 miles18
Westwood6.4 miles18
Northwood6.9 miles20
Parchment8.0 miles20
Oshtemo8.2 miles18
East Cooper8.5 miles20
Kalamazoo8.6 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 619888. 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.