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Alembic, Michigan

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Chippewa Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48858. The Survey maps it on the Shepherd quadrangle.

Alembic within Isabella County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

48 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Alembic between 1994 and 2020, burning about 206 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 2 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
Debris and open burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural5
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
3 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMT PLEASANT FD 0000512 - 2019
25 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMT PLEASANT FD 0000580 - 2019
30 July 2015Debris and open burning1.2 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMIDLAND 23
10 July 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMIDLAND 22
7 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.6 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 May 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMT PLEASANT FD 0000315 - 2019
5 May 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan AgencyFEILD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Isabella County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Alembic: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Wademans Clay PitClayPast Producer
Oil City PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wing Road PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Isabella 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
Jordan5.1 miles15
Shepherd5.2 miles15
Mount Pleasant5.3 miles15
Leaton5.4 miles15
Country Place Park6.2 miles15
Delwin6.9 miles15
Crawford8.1 miles15
Coe8.2 miles14

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.

Wikidata item Q122594087The 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 1617409. 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.