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Cornell, Michigan

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Cornell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49818. It stands on Bobs Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cornell quadrangle. It stands 823 feet above sea level.

Cornell within Delta County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 9 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

25 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Cornell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 101 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 burning10
Equipment and vehicle use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesI ROAD
17 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBURNT LOG
1 September 2003Natural6.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 August 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 August 1998Arson/incendiarism45 acresHiawatha National ForestSLASH PILE
1 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesESCANABA TOWNSHIP FD 1900020 - 2019
1 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 August 2007Railroad operations and maintenance1.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delta County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cornell: 1 producer, 1 past 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Goedert Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pacquin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Delta County

Storms near this place

15 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cornell in 15 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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
May 1998Thunderstorm WindCornell2 hurt, $400,000no account filed
June 2010Flash FloodCornell$5,000Over four inches of rain fell in a two-hour period causing flash flooding in the Cornell area. The flooding washed out portions of County Road I.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindCornell$4,000There was a delayed report of downed power lines near Cornell.
July 1996Thunderstorm WindCornell$2,000no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindCornell$1,000Public report from social media of a downed tree in a driveway approximately three miles north of Cornell.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindCornell$1,000An eight-inch diameter 20 to 30 foot-tall spruce tree was toppled along with numerous other trees. A heavy wooden picnic table was tossed around the yard, and lawn chairs were broken.
September 2014Heavy RainCornell-Rainfall totals between 1.5 and 2.5 inches were reported across Delta County in less than a 12-hour period.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindCornell-Six-inch diameter trees were downed and penny-sized hail fell.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindCornell-Large branches were knocked down.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindCornell-Numerous small trees were blown down.
July 2002HailCornell-Penny sized hail was reported.
October 2002Thunderstorm WindCornell-Trees up to 6 inches in diameter were blown down.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindCornell-Three 10 inch diameter trees toppled.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindCornell-Several small trees down.
October 1996HailCornell-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Delta 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
Salva1.3 miles9
Kingsley2.7 miles9
Chandler4.1 miles9
Woodlawn5.1 miles9
Flat Rock5.6 miles9
Saint Nicholas5.8 miles9
Riverland7.2 miles9
Lambert8.0 miles9

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.

Wikipedia article on CornellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5171491The 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 623841. 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.