BlockEpoufette, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hendricks Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49762. The Survey maps it on the Epoufette quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1931 USGS Epoufette SW quadrangle1:31680
- 1954 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Epoufette quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Manistique Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Epoufette between 1994 and 2001, burning about 781 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2001 | Fireworks | 3.3 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 775 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MACKINAC3 |
| 24 April 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 April 1994 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Epoufette: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.O. Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Plateau Site | Silica | Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
3 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Epoufette in 3 storm reports between 1995 and 2004: 2 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | Epoufette | $40,000 | Heavy rain swelled the Cut River in central Mackinac County. The river washed out part of the west approach to the bridge that carried US-2 across the river. A portion of Epoufette Bay Road was also washed out. |
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | Epoufette | - | The flooding (see earlier report) took about an hour and a half to disperse. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Epoufette | - | Estimated winds of greater than 60 mph. Big trees 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 625620. 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.