Channing, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Sagola Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49815. The Survey maps it on the Channing quadrangle. It stands 1,401 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1899 USGS Sagola quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Channing quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Sagola quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Channing between 1993 and 2019, burning about 115 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 June 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAGOLA TOWNSHIP VFD 0000017 - 2019 |
| 18 June 2010 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TURKEY SHOT |
| 25 May 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 May 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.3 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EAGLE |
| 12 May 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 85 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 April 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OLE-1 (#12) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Channing: 12 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Diamond, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basalt Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Dishaw Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lake Ellen Kimberlite | Diamond | Past Producer | 1971 | |
| Upper Peninsula Area | Diamond | Prospect | Kimberlite | |
| Pump House Excavation | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Test Pits Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Test Pits Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Test Pits Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Test Pits Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Test Pits Prospect | Iron | Prospect |
Storms near this place
10 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Channing in 10 storm reports between 1999 and 2020: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Channing | $2,000 | Several snapped trees one to one and a half feet in diameter were observed north of Channing. Time of the thunderstorm damage was estimated from radar. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Channing | $1,000 | A spotter reported small trees and small branches down along Highway M-95 from just north of Channing through Silver Lake. |
| September 2014 | Heavy Rain | Channing | - | Rainfall totals between 1.5 and 3.0 inches were reported across Dickinson County over approximately a 12-hour period. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Channing | - | Six-inch diameter tree snapped and 12-inch diameter tree blown over on Turner Road. |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Channing | - | Several 6 to 8 inch diameter trees were blown down. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Channing | - | Three quarter inch diameter hail was reported. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Channing | - | One foot diameter trees were uprooted. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Channing | - | One and a half inch diameter hail was reported. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Channing | - | Trees down across road. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Channing | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sagola | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Golden | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Floodwood | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Turner | 10.3 miles | 13 | |
| Randville | 10.5 miles | 11 | |
| Granite Bluff | 14.1 miles | 11 | |
| Metropolitan | 14.7 miles | 10 | |
| Merriman | 15.6 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q136352815 | 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 623079. 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.







