Chicora, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Cheshire Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49010. The Survey maps it on the Bloomingdale quadrangle.
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.
- 1946 USGS Gobles quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Gobles quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Gobles quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Bloomingdale quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Kalamazoo quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
39 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Chicora between 1992 and 2020, burning about 226 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALLEGAN 0002 |
| 16 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLYDE TOWNSHIP FD 0000063 - 2019 |
| 7 June 2006 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Chicora: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belden Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Smith-Belden # 8 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Wedge Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chicora in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2010: 2 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Tornado (EF2) | Chicora | $250,000 | Damage to both trees and structures were found along the tornado path. A Circa 1940 pole barn was destroyed and numerous trees were snapped or uprooted just over a half a mile west of Chicora north of 108th Avenue. Further down the tornado's path, garage doors were blown out and carried 300 yards while two boats were blown out of the garage. The house suffered 80% shingle loss with one 2-foot diameter hole in the roof on the home's west side. This was approximately 0.35 miles north of Chicora. The most extensive damage occurred approximately one mile northeast of Chicora along 42nd Street. A roof was partially torn off of a house. A barn was blown about 20-feet off of its foundation. There were several telephone poles snapped with wires wrapped around a tree. A roof was ripped off a small unoccupied house with one wall collapsed. Debris was lofted up to one-half mile across a field. More shingle loss was found on the west side of a home located two-miles northeast of Chicora. Nearly 80% shingle loss was witnessed. Several utility poles were snapped with widespread tree damage through the area. More damage to a home was observed about a quarter-mile west of Schermerhorn Lake. The damage happened when numerous falling trees crushed it. One-quarter mile of 39th street was blocked by fallen trees. The trees were piled up to 15-feet deep on the road. As the tornado was weakening, a 30-foot metal tower was bent over half way up. This was located near the intersection of 37th Street and 109th Avenue. Minor roof damage was also noted to a home in this area. |
| July 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Chicora | - | A brief EF-0 tornado touched down five miles north northwest of Bloomingdale. No significant damage occurred. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheshire Center | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Bakersville | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Sherman Park | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Pullman | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Merson | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Lee | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Bravo | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Allegan | 7.2 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 623184. 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.







