Edwards, Michigan

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Edwards Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48661. It stands on Edwards Creek. The Survey maps it on the Edwards quadrangle.

Edwards within Ogemaw County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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.

1954 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1969 USGS Edwards quadrangle1:24000
1983 USGS Houghton Lake quadrangle1:100000
1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

24 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Edwards between 1992 and 2019, burning about 84 acres in total. None 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 burning	12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Recreation and ceremony	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Arson/incendiarism	1
Smoking	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
6 September 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
29 September 2004	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
19 August 1996	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
7 June 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	GLADWIN 09
7 June 1992	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
7 May 2004	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
7 May 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named
6 May 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named

Every fire recorded in Ogemaw 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 Edwards: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	West Branch Concrete Products, Inc.	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
	West Branch Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Ogemaw County

Storms near this place

2 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edwards in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2010: 2 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 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Edwards	$7,000	Trees and power lines were downed, and the roof of a barn was torn off.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Edwards	$4,000	Trees and power lines were downed near the intersection of Stillwagon Road and Greenwood Road.

Every storm recorded in Ogemaw 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Greenwood	5.8 miles	9
West Branch	7.1 miles	11
Ogemaw Springs	8.9 miles	10
Campbells Corners	11.4 miles	11
Skidway Lake	12.3 miles	9
Elbow Lake	12.5 miles	9
Selkirk	14.2 miles	10
Camp Lu Lay Lea	17.6 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 625389. 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.