BlockAloha, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Aloha Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49721. It stands on Hatt Creek. The Survey maps it on the Aloha quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1955 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Aloha quadrangle1:25000
- 1984 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
18 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Aloha between 1992 and 2014, burning about 130 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 July 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 July 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 June 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 June 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.3 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 June 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 May 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 May 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.3 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHEBOYGAN 0005 |
| 21 May 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Aloha: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Aloha in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aloha | $12,000 | Roofing was damaged at the Aloha Township Fire Hall. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mullett Lake Woods | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| Orchard Beach | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Silver Beach | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Birchwood | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Mullett Lake | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Long Point | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Alverno | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Veery Point | 5.0 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 620015. 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.