Elmwood, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Stambaugh Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49935. The Survey maps it on the Golden Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1956 USGS Beechwood quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Golden Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Golden Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Elmwood between 1994 and 2012, burning about 2 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | SUPERIOR VIEW FIRE |
| 11 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | COOKS RUN 3 |
| 29 May 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | COOKS BRIDGE 2 |
| 18 May 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | COOKS RUN 2012 |
| 18 May 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | COOKS RUN 2 |
| 14 May 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | not named |
| 13 May 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | TIMBER MARKER |
| 11 May 2004 | Other causes | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | JAMES LAKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Elmwood: 1 producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christiansen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elmwood in 5 storm reports between 2006 and 2020: 3 hail, 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmwood | $3,000 | Numerous eight to ten-inch diameter trees were knocked down. Some 12-inch diameter trees reported down along Highway 16. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmwood | $2,000 | The Forest Service reported multiple large poplar and pine trees snapped at the tops along Forest Service highways FS-3320 and FS-3270. These roads were reportedly blocked, stranding a Forest Service truck for three to four hours. The time of the report was estimated from radar. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Elmwood | - | Dime sized hail reported near Golden Lake. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Elmwood | - | There was a delayed report of golf ball sized hail near Golden Lake in Iron County. Time of the report was estimated from radar. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Elmwood | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basswood | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Beechwood | 8.4 miles | 13 | |
| Hazel | 10.1 miles | 14 | |
| Gibbs City | 11.1 miles | 14 | |
| Homer Location | 15.2 miles | 14 | |
| Forbes Location | 15.6 miles | 14 | |
| Mineral Hills | 15.8 miles | 14 | |
| Virgil Location | 16.5 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617543. 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.







