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Averill, Michigan

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Lincoln Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48642. It stands on Averill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Averill quadrangle.

Averill within Midland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

81 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Averill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 79 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 5 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 burning25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use13
Recreation and ceremony8
Arson/incendiarism5
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Other causes1
Smoking1
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
8 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLINCOLN TOWNSHIP FD 0000169 - 2019
17 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMIDLAND 14
1 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 July 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHOMER TOWNSHIP FD 0000183 - 2018
26 July 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 July 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMIDLAND FD 9002895 - 2019
13 July 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMIDLAND 20

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Midland County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Averill: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Midland Brick and Tile Co Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Ne North Bradley Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Midland County

Storms near this place

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Averill in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2016: 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 2016FloodAverill-Several roads were closed due to flooding in the city of Midland.
December 2015Thunderstorm WindAverill-A tree was reported down near the intersection of Tittabawassee River and Lambert Roads.
May 2011HailAverill-no account filed
May 2011HailAverill-no account filed
July 2008HailAverill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Midland 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
Sanford2.1 miles13
Dice Corners3.9 miles13
Francis Grove4.6 miles13
Olson5.4 miles13
Midland6.1 miles13
Floyd6.4 miles13
Larkin6.4 miles11
Wrights (historical)6.5 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 620375. 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.