Carbondale, Michigan
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Menominee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49893. It stands on Big Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wallace quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 8 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.
- 1949 USGS Stephenson quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Stephenson quadrangle1:62500
- 1981 USGS Marinette quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
58 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Carbondale between 1992 and 2019, burning about 122 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 burning | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 July 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RANGE LINE ROAD |
| 1 June 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MELLEN TOWNSHIP FD 0000019 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Carbondale: 5 past producers, 4 producers. 4 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B & K Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Boonies Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bridge Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cow Chip Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Edwards Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Menominee County Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Slawinski Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sobieski Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Wayside Park Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carbondale in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2018: 3 hail, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carbondale | $2,000 | Several trees and many branches were knocked down. One downed tree was greater than one foot in diameter. A large poplar tree was also snapped. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carbondale | $1,000 | A spotter southeast of Wallace reported a couple of trees down from thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Carbondale | - | Hail caused damage to cars. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Carbondale | - | Hail was estimated to be two inches in diameter. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Carbondale | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hansen | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Wallace | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Birch Creek | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Eagles Nest | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Ingallston | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Ingalls | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Johnson Landing | 8.0 miles | 9 | |
| Kew | 8.3 miles | 9 |
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 Carbondale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19600663 | 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 1617474. 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.






