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Aurelius, Michigan

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Aurelius Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48854. The Survey maps it on the Aurelius quadrangle.

Aurelius within Ingham County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Aurelius between 2018 and 2020, burning about 18 acres in total. None 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 use9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony1

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
24 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesEATON RAPIDS FD 305 - 2020
17 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDELHI TOWNSHIP FD 1866 - 2019
12 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMASON FD 142 - 2020
4 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMASON FD 96 - 2020
29 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMASON FD 123 - 2020
15 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMASON FD 113 - 2020
8 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMASON FD 92 - 2019
2 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesEATON RAPIDS FD 175 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ingham County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Aurelius: 5 producers. 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
Capitol PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Couch Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Snider Farms PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sniders No 1 Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Weaver Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ingham County

Storms near this place

9 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Aurelius in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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
August 2023Thunderstorm WindAurelius$10,000,000Many reports of downed trees, branches and power lines were received from across Ingham county.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindNorth Aurelius$500,000The bowing segment caused damage in a stretch nearly 7 miles long and 0.5 mile in width from approximately the Ingham county border east into the city of Mason. This path was a continuation of the damage in Eaton county. Strong winds uprooted or snapped numerous large trees in addition to downing power lines near the Mason area.
August 2000HailAurelius$25,000no account filed
May 2007Thunderstorm WindNorth Aurelius$15,000Severe thunderstorms blew down several large trees as well as shingles off of a greenhouse one mile south of Lansing in Ingham county. A one and a half foot diameter tree was also blown down onto a home causing major roof damage in Williamston.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindAurelius$15,000A few trees were blown down in Mason and two miles west of Aurelius.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindNorth Aurelius$5,000Multiple trees were blown down by wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindAurelius$5,000Ingham County Central Dispatch reported trees and power lines downed in Aurelius Township.
June 2024HailNorth Aurelius-There were several reports of large hail from across much of Ingham county.
April 2010HailNorth Aurelius-A trained spotter five miles west of Mason measured one inch diameter hail.

Every storm recorded in Ingham 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
North Aurelius4.1 miles13
Kinneville4.8 miles12
Eden5.0 miles11
North Leslie5.1 miles11
Mason5.6 miles11
Onondaga5.9 miles12
Leslie6.9 miles11
Holt8.0 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 620350. 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.