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Curtis, Michigan

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Portage Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49820. It stands on Strom Creek. The Survey maps it on the Curtis East quadrangle.

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Curtis within Mackinac County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

7 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Curtis between 1995 and 2020, burning about 7 acres in total. 2 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
Natural2
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
28 August 2007Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 July 2007Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 June 2020Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPORTAGE TOWNSHIP VFD 0PT0820 - 2020
12 June 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 May 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPORTAGE TOWNSHIP VFD 0PT0618 - 2018
16 April 2002Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 October 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPORTAGE TOWNSHIP VFD 0PT1419 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mackinac 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 Curtis: 2 producers. 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
Gould City PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Reuben Abram Excavating PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Mackinac County

Storms near this place

10 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Curtis in 10 storm reports between 1995 and 2014: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
August 2005Thunderstorm WindCurtis$6,000Tree damage occurred in and west of Curtis. Two boats on the south shore of Manistique Lake were flipped over.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindCurtis$5,000Trees and power lines downed.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindCurtis-Wind gusts to 60 mph were estimated in the Curtis area.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindCurtis-Numerous trees down.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindCurtis-Trees down.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindCurtis-Measured wind gust of 67 mph. Numerous trees down in and around Curtis.
September 2014HailCurtis-no account filed
July 2013HailCurtis-no account filed
July 2008HailCurtis-no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindCurtis-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Mackinac 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
Gould City8.1 miles10
Corinne8.3 miles10
Engadine11.1 miles11
Huntspur12.7 miles11
Millecoquins13.5 miles11
Port Inland17.6 miles13
Naubinway17.6 miles10
Gilchrist19.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 624228. 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.