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Chandler, Michigan

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Cornell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49818. The Survey maps it on the Chandler quadrangle.

Chandler within Delta County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 9 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

47 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Chandler between 1992 and 2020, burning about 131 acres in total. None 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1
Smoking1

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
17 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBURNT LOG
24 August 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 August 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 August 1998Arson/incendiarism45 acresHiawatha National ForestSLASH PILE
15 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesESCANABA TOWNSHIP FD 1900020 - 2019
1 August 2007Railroad operations and maintenance1.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 August 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delta County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Chandler: 7 producers, 1 past producer. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Bichler QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Read 150-BLimestone, GeneralProducerSedimentary
Bichler Gravel & Concrete Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
City of Escanaba PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Delta Co PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Goedert Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jaeger PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pacquin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Delta County

Storms near this place

5 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chandler in 5 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 2 hail, 2 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
April 2014FloodChandler$85,000A brief warm spell following a record cold winter resulted in an unusually significant ice break up on Delta County streams and tributaries on the 11th. The unusually thick ice chunks resulted in several ice jams along the Tecoosh, Rapid, and Escanaba Rivers with the most significant along the Escanaba River north of Dam #3.||Water backing up behind an ice jam along the Tecoosh River near the town of Rapid River threatened a house but the Road Commission used heavy equipment to break up the dam and alleviate the pool of water behind it.||Another ice jam formed at the US2 bridge over Rapid River resulting in some backwater flooding and 2 lanes of US2 being closed for a time. An auto repair shop and cottage experienced minor flooding. Damage estimates were around $10K.||The most significant ice jam occurred along the Escanaba River between Boney Falls Dam and Dam #3. Water backed up rapidly behind the jam and surrounded a few houses and summer camps. Damage estimates due to flooded vehicles, trailers, out buildings, and basement flooding were around $75K.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindChandler$7,000Photo received via local news media of a large tree uprooted at a farm near Cornell. That resident also reported several other trees down and fences were blown over on their farm.|The time of the report was estimated from radar.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindChandler-A mesonet station four miles south-southeast of Cornell measured a 62 mph gust from a thunderstorm.
July 2012HailChandler-Pea to nickle sized hail and heavy rain were reported.
July 2012HailChandler-Pea to nickle sized hail and heavy rain were reported.

Every storm recorded in Delta 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
Salva2.9 miles9
Flat Rock3.4 miles9
Lambert3.8 miles9
Cornell4.1 miles9
Chaison4.9 miles9
Groos4.9 miles9
West Gladstone5.3 miles9
Soo Hill5.7 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617482. 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.