BlockAlgansee, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Algansee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49082. The Survey maps it on the California quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS California quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
13 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Algansee between 2002 and 2020, burning about 39 acres in total. 2 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 use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | QUINCY FD 169 - 2019 |
| 9 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAKELAND VFD 0019114 - 2019 |
| 8 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRANCH 01 - MUCK LAKE FIRE |
| 1 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CAMDEN FIRE/RESCUE 0201820 - 2018 |
| 8 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAKELAND VFD 0019043 - 2019 |
| 27 April 2018 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | QUINCY FD 56 - 2018 |
| 2 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAKELAND VFD 0019040 - 2019 |
| 12 April 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | QUINCY FD 52 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Algansee in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2013: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Algansee | - | Emergency management officials reported a tree was blown down, blocking Lester Road west of Ray. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Algansee | - | Emergency management officials reported a barn was destroyed on Campbell Road, between Freemont and Brocklebank Roads. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| Fisher | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Stringtown | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Canada Shores | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Sans Souci Beach | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Crystal Beach | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Ray | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Pearl Beach | 5.6 miles | 10 |
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 Q122539108 | 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 619940. 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.