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Alicia, Michigan

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Albee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48655. The Survey maps it on the Alicia quadrangle.

Alicia within Saginaw County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

17 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Alicia between 1993 and 2020, burning about 44 acres in total. 7 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
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
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
6 June 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTRI-TOWNSHIP FD 74 - 2020
16 June 1995Debris and open burning5.0 acresShiawassee National Wildlife RefugeSCHRAMKESD
8 May 1993Recreation and ceremony10 acresHuron-Manistee National Forestnot named
5 May 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMAPLE GROVE TWP FD 0003619 - 2019
27 May 2018Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTRI-TOWNSHIP FD 0000099 - 2018
10 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTAYMOUTH FD 103 - 2019
4 April 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesALBEE TOWNSHIP FD 1900020 - 2019
30 April 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesALBEE TOWNSHIP FD 1800029 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saginaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Alicia: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Albee Clay SampleFire Clay (Refractory)Prospect

Every working recorded in Saginaw County

Storms near this place

3 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alicia in 3 storm reports between 2021 and 2026: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 2026Tornado (EF1)Alicia$100,000The tornado started in a field on northwest side of W Birch Run Rd and|Amman Rd. It first produced EF-0 damage with two rows of pine trees|uprooted, along with removing siding from an outbuilding. The tornado|then continued northeast toward Fergus Rd and Gasper Rd where more pine|trees were uprooted. EF-1 damage occurred on a half mile stretch of|Bishop Rd with the greatest concentration of EF-1 damage near Bishop Rd|and Alicia Rd. Peak winds estimated at 95 mph. This damage included both pine and hardwood trees snapped, two outbuildings and a few empty silos destroyed, along with three homes that sustained roof damage. One home did have the majority of the roof|blown off with the attached garage walls blown out. It continued east producing EF-0 damage to an outbuilding northeast of Alicia Rd and Horning Cut Rd where a door and wall were collapsed before lifting just off on an outbuilding. The tornado then lifted just off to the northeast in a field.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindAlicia-Two to four inch diameter tree limbs downed, along with a pine tree uprooted.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindAlicia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Saginaw 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
Clausedale2.1 miles15
Luce2.5 miles15
Groveton5.5 miles15
Saint Charles6.0 miles15
Fosters6.4 miles16
Layton Corners7.0 miles14
Burt7.1 miles14
Burnt7.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617411. 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.