BlockElmhurst, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Burt Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49716. The Survey maps it on the Burt Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1955 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Wolverine quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Petoskey quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Burt Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
41 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Elmhurst between 1992 and 2020, burning about 62 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EMMET 08 - DAM FIRE |
| 16 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHEBOYGAN 10 - ABANDONED CAMPFIRE |
| 7 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALANSON-LITTLEFIELD FD 1835 - 2018 |
| 7 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 July 2004 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 July 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHEBOYGAN 04 |
| 13 July 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHEBOYGAN 07 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elmhurst in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 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 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmhurst | $25,000 | A large number of trees were downed around northern Burt Lake, with the most concentrated damage near Mullet Burt Road and East Burk Lake Road. Some trees were were downed onto homes. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indianville | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Burt Lake | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Springwell Heights | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Wauban Beach | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Chippewa Beach | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Topinabee | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Giauque Beach | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Cold Springs | 5.8 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 625522. 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.
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.