BlockElo, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Portage Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49958. The Survey maps it on the Pelkie 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.
- 1954 USGS Pelkie quadrangle1:62500, 3 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
- 1985 USGS Pelkie quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS L'Anse quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Pelkie quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Elo between 2003 and 2020, burning about 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.4 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOROSCOPE ROAD FIRE |
| 13 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PELKIE VFD 02020-6 - 2020 |
| 13 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BARAGA FD 2020-52 - 2020 |
| 9 May 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 April 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PELKIE VFD 0019-02 - 2019 |
| 16 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ASPEN DR |
| 15 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Elo: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mica Schist Drill Sample | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect |
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elo in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2018: 1 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elo | $500 | There was a report via social media of a birch tree down in Elo Township, south of Tapiola. |
| April 2008 | Flood | Elo | - | The Sturgeon River went above flood stage near Alston on the 22nd and remained above flood stage through April 25th. Portions of Usitalo, Halonen, and Tahtinen Roads flooded while the Alston gauge was above flood stage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Askel | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Tapiola | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Hazel | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Alston | 9.5 miles | 12 | |
| Donken | 9.6 miles | 12 | |
| Stonington | 10.4 miles | 12 | |
| Klingville | 10.7 miles | 12 | |
| Toivola | 11.2 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1619850. 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.