BlockCunard, Michigan
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Meyer Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49892. The Survey maps it on the Cunard quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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 Escanaba quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Powers quadrangle1:62500
- 1982 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Cunard quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
38 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Cunard between 1993 and 2019, burning about 294 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.1 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FLOPPY HAWK |
| 15 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.3 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 July 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRAY FIELD |
| 4 June 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 6.6 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | JD 1 FIRE |
| 16 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MEYER TOWNSHIP FD 0000017 - 2019 |
| 1 June 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | JD 2 FIRE |
| 7 May 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cunard: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breen Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1849, 1877, 1907 | |
| Emmett Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1849, 1878, 1884 |
Storms near this place
4 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cunard in 4 storm reports between 2016 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 2021 | Flash Flood | Cunard | $10,000 | Social media posts and dual-pol radar estimated four to eight inches of rain on the afternoon of the 14th from Cunard to Hermansville. There were pictures posted of roads flooded near Cunard and the golf course flooded in Hermansville. |
| August 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Cunard | $10,000 | An EF1 tornado touched down just south of the intersection of County Roads 579 and 388 near Hermansville and traveled northeast for 1.25 miles before lifting as it crossed County Road 388. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted along the path. Small farm equipment was also tossed around as the tornado passed close to a nearby farm and home. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cunard | $3,000 | There was a social media report of trees down four miles northwest of Hermansville. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cunard | $1,000 | There was a public report of two trees uprooted near Hermansville. The trees were 12-15 inches in diameter. |
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 624214. 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.