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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.

Clarion within Charlevoix County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

11 since 1994

Regional 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 ceremony4
Debris and open burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
4 August 2018Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMELROSE TOWNSHIP FD 1808040 - 2018
28 June 2018Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMELROSE TOWNSHIP FD 1806240 - 2018
5 May 2007Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 May 2003Equipment and vehicle use4.2 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMELROSE TOWNSHIP FD 2005130 - 2020
7 April 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCHARLEVOIX 02
6 April 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesEMMET 03
23 April 1994Misuse of fire by a minor2.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Charlevoix County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Frenches PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Shale ProspectClayProspect
Unnamed Shale ProspectClayProspect

Every working recorded in Charlevoix County

Storms near this place

2 since 2008

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2011HailClarion-no account filed
April 2008HailClarion-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Charlevoix 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
Walloon Lake1.0 miles14
Wildwood4.3 miles12
Zenith Heights6.2 miles12
Boyne City6.4 miles13
Boyne Falls7.6 miles11
Horton Bay8.3 miles12
Advance9.1 miles13
Bay Shore10.7 miles12

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.