BlockAustin, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Amboy Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49232. The Survey maps it on the Nettle Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1914 USGS Pioneer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Pioneer quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Nettle Lake quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Austin between 2018 and 2020, burning about 4 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 use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WOODBRIDGE TWP FIRE/RESCUE F202025 - 2020 |
| 6 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WOODBRIDGE TWP FIRE/RESCUE F202010 - 2020 |
| 26 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WRIGHT-WALDRON FIRE & AMBULANCE 0000109 - 2019 |
| 18 December 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CAMDEN FIRE/RESCUE 0201905 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Austin in 3 storm reports between 2018 and 2024: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Austin | $100,000 | Minor damage occurred to 2 barns on Austin Road, between S Edon Rd and Gilmore Road. The circulation was only briefly on the ground with estimated wind speeds of around 65 mph. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | $1,000 | Large tree down near Territorial road and Hillsdale Road. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | - | Trained spotters reported several trees were blown down in Lake Diane, near Territorial Road. |
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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Austin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4822922 | 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 620354. 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.