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Arlene, Michigan

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Caldwell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49663. The Survey maps it on the Arlene quadrangle.

Arlene within Missaukee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

58 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Arlene between 1992 and 2019, burning about 151 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 burning27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Smoking2
Other causes2
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
6 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 September 2018Natural4.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWEXFORD 06
22 August 2018Debris and open burning10 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWEXFORD 01
21 August 2004Misuse of fire by a minor12 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 August 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMANTON FD 0000042 - 2019
17 August 1996Smoking1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestI CAN'T FIND IT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Missaukee 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 Arlene: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
State of Michigan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Missaukee County

Storms near this place

1 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arlene in 1 storm report in 2003: 1 lightning. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
July 2003LightningArlene2 hurtTwo men were walking along a puddled trail in Bloomfield Township when lightning struck in the immediate vicinity. The two were knocked to the ground, and were treated at the scene by an EMS crew for cuts and scrapes.

Every storm recorded in Missaukee 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
Jennings4.0 miles12
Morey4.4 miles12
Lake City5.4 miles12
Cutcheon8.6 miles12
Pioneer8.8 miles12
Keelans Corner11.8 miles12
Lucas11.8 miles13
Stittsville12.0 miles12

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 Q122539012The 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 1617420. 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.