Clarion, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Melrose Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49770. It stands on Hay Marsh Creek. The Survey maps it on the Petoskey quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1955 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Petoskey quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Petoskey SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Petoskey quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Petoskey quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
11 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Clarion between 1994 and 2020, burning about 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MELROSE TOWNSHIP FD 1808040 - 2018 |
| 28 June 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MELROSE TOWNSHIP FD 1806240 - 2018 |
| 5 May 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 May 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MELROSE TOWNSHIP FD 2005130 - 2020 |
| 7 April 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHARLEVOIX 02 |
| 6 April 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EMMET 03 |
| 23 April 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.5 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 Clarion: 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frenches Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Shale Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Shale Prospect | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clarion in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2011: 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Hail | Clarion | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Clarion | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walloon Lake | 1.0 miles | 14 | |
| Wildwood | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Zenith Heights | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Boyne City | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Boyne Falls | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Horton Bay | 8.3 miles | 12 | |
| Advance | 9.1 miles | 13 | |
| Bay Shore | 10.7 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 623343. 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.





