Covington, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Covington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49919. The Survey maps it on the Covington quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1954 USGS Sidnaw quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Covington quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS L'Anse quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Covington quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
10 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Covington between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,136 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 burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BEBER ROAD #2 |
| 30 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BEBER ROAD |
| 2 August 2007 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CARDBOARD |
| 26 July 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | TIBBETS ROAD |
| 26 July 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TIBBET'S FALLS |
| 14 May 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.4 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1,127 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BARAGA BUMP |
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 Covington: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sidnaw Slate Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Norback Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Norback Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Covington in 15 storm reports between 1998 and 2007: 8 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Covington | $50,000 | Hundreds of trees were either uprooted or snapped along a greater than 20 mile damage path. The more concentrated wind damage began near the Covington Rest Home where an outbuilding was damaged and several large tree limbs were knocked down. As the storm tracked east, numerous trees were uprooted and/or snapped mainly in an area bounded by Cemetary Road, Besonen Road and Highway M-28. Within this area, just behind the VFW building off of VFW Road, there was a localized area where nearly twenty trees were blown down. The wind damage continued across Highway M-28 and eastward along the entire length of old M-28. A resident near the intersection of old M-28 and Foy Road in Covington had a large spruce tree snap off and fall to the ground missing his house by inches. Two eyewitnesses in Covington reported hail greater than the size of quarters during the peak of the storm. Sporadic tree damage was also reported in rural areas north of King Lake Road eastward to Three Lakes. Some tree damage was also noted along Highway M-28/US-41 in Three Lakes and a resident from near Petticoat Lake reported some tree damage. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Covington | $10,000 | 65 mph wind gusts downed 18 to 24 inch diameter trees. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Covington | $1,000 | Several trees down along old M-28. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Covington | - | Mostly pea with some penny hail. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Covington | - | Hail lasted for ten minutes. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Covington | - | One to two inch diameter branches broken. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Covington | - | Two inch diameter tree branches broken off. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Covington | - | Three quarter inch hail was reported. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Covington | - | One inch diameter hail was reported. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Covington | - | One inch hail was reported. |
| September 2002 | Hail | Covington | - | Golf ball sized hail was reported. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Covington | - | 58 mph gust. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Covington | - | 8 to 10 inch trees down in King Lake Campground. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Covington | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Covington | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 623922. 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.







