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Elmer, Michigan

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Moore Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48471. The Survey maps it on the Snover quadrangle.

Elmer within Sanilac County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 10 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

2 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Elmer in 2018, burning about 2 acres in total. None 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
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
14 June 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSANDUSKY COMMUNITY FD 0000082 - 2018
14 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCARSONVILLE FD 0000021 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sanilac County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Elmer: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
Albrecht Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sanilac County Road Commission PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sanilac County Road Commission PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sanilac County

Storms near this place

1 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elmer in 1 storm report in 1999: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1999HailElmer-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sanilac 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
Snover3.6 miles10
Juhl4.2 miles9
Sandusky5.3 miles9
Laing7.0 miles10
Decker7.0 miles9
Watertown7.6 miles10
Hemans9.0 miles9
Cash9.0 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 625519. 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.