BlockElwell, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Seville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48832. The Survey maps it on the Alma North quadrangle. It stands 771 feet above sea level.
On record in Elwell
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1935 USGS Alma quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Alma quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Alma North quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Alma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Elwell between 2018 and 2019, burning about 6 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ITHACA FD 0000237 - 2019 |
| 14 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALMA FD 0000136 - 2019 |
| 1 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALMA FD 0000066 - 2019 |
| 28 February 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALMA FD 0000042 - 2018 |
| 26 February 2018 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALMA FD 0000040 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elwell in 2 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Elwell | 1 hurt, $150,000 | A man was slightly injured when a shed he was in collapsed, a pickup truck was flipped over, and two building were partially unroofed by a F1 tornado that touched down in Elwell. The tornado produced maximum estimated wind speeds to 110 m.p.h. It had a path length of 3 miles and a width of 40 yards. The tornado touched down just south of Van Buren road, then moved northwest through the town of Elwell, and ended just north of M-46. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elwell | $50,000 | A few trees and power lines were brought down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alma | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Forest Hill | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Riverdale | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Elm Hall | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Summerton | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Sumner | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Eugene | 6.9 miles | 14 | |
| Saint Louis | 7.5 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q136346768 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 625544. 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.