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Axin, Michigan

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Cherry Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49601. The Survey maps it on the Axin quadrangle.

Axin within Wexford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

33 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Axin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 46 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning9
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
7 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestWHOOPIE SPOT
5 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use10 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWEXFORD 03
1 August 2020Recreation and ceremony4.2 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWEXFORD 05
1 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHARING TOWNSHIP FD 69 - 2020
4 July 2020Debris and open burning1.7 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOSCEOLA 02 - JUNK FIRE
4 July 1992Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresHuron-Manistee National ForestFIRECRACKER
26 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCADILLAC DPS 0001180 - 2018
26 June 2018Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCHERRY GROVE TOWNSHIP FD 0000129 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wexford 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 Axin: 2 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
R. W. Meyer Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wexford County Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Wexford County

Storms near this place

1 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Axin in 1 storm report in 2018: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2018Thunderstorm WindAxin$30,000Multiple trees were downed west of Cadillac, blocking some roads in the area.

Every storm recorded in Wexford 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
Benson2.7 miles12
Millersville4.6 miles12
Hobart5.6 miles12
Boon6.2 miles12
Cadillac8.3 miles12
Hoxeyville8.9 miles14
Haring9.4 miles12
Missaukee Junction9.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1622778. 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.