Delano, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Whitney Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48703. The Survey maps it on the Au Gres quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 11 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 Tawas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Au Gres quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Delano between 1995 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARENAC 06 |
| 8 July 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TWINING-TURNER-MASON FD 0000014 - 2019 |
| 15 May 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | AUGRES-SIMS FD 0000012 - 2020 |
| 28 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 52 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | AUGRES-SIMS FD 0000019 - 2019 |
| 19 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARENAC 03 - BLUE CAMPER FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Delano: 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duck Lake Limestone Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Arenac Co Pit # 1 Re Glancy | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| C & D Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Glancy Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Iosco Co Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Van Dusen Stone Co | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Delano in 1 storm report in 1996: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1996 | Hail | Delano | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birchwood Shores | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Hammell Beach | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Glenwood Beach | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Whitestone Point | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Wagner Beach | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Harmon City Heights | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Santiago | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Huron Heights | 4.1 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617521. 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.



