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Comins, Michigan

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Clinton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48619. The Survey maps it on the Comins quadrangle.

Comins within Oscoda County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

31 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Comins between 1992 and 2020, burning about 120 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1
Natural1

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 July 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution1.1 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOSCODA 04 - CEDAR POWERLINE
10 July 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 May 2002Railroad operations and maintenance2.2 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 May 2001Fireworks1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOSCODA 06
28 May 1994Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 May 1996Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 May 1995Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oscoda County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Comins: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
State of Michigan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Oscoda County

Storms near this place

13 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Comins in 13 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 8 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
July 1999Tornado (F2)Comins2 hurt, $1,500,000Continuation of Montmorency County tornado. Most extensive area of damage occurred here. See narrative below. Tornado continued into Alcona county.
October 2007Tornado (EF1)Comins$40,000The McCollum Lake tornado developed from the same storm that produced the Oscoda County tornado. It produced considerable tree damage along McCollum Lake Road, near the Oscoda/Alcona County line. Only a small part of the tornado track was in Oscoda County, but most of the damage was in this initial section. Swirl markings were seen in nearby fields. A few outbuildings were also damaged. The tornado continued on into Alcona County. Winds were estimated at 105 mph, making it an EF1.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindComins$15,000A single large tree was downed onto a home along Townline Road.
March 2026HailComins-Hail up to the size of nickels in the Comins/Fairview area.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindComins-Strong winds downed several trees.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindComins-Strong thunderstorm winds uprooted trees and blew down power lines near the town of Comins.
February 2017HailComins-no account filed
June 2013HailComins-no account filed
July 2008HailComins-no account filed
June 2008HailComins-no account filed
August 2003HailComins-no account filed
July 2003HailComins-no account filed
June 2000HailComins-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oscoda 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
Fairview5.6 miles11
Kneeland6.9 miles11
Biggs Settlement7.8 miles11
Mio11.4 miles11
McKinley12.5 miles8
Red Oak14.4 miles11
Luzerne17.5 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 626935. 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.