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Erie, Michigan

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Erie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48133. It stands on Cousino Drain. The Survey maps it on the Erie quadrangle. It stands 591 feet above sea level.

Erie within Monroe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

29 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Erie between 2010 and 2020, burning about 108 acres in total. 7 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 use12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Natural7
Arson/incendiarism1
Debris and open burning1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBEDFORD FD 0001996 - 2019
22 August 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLUNA PIER FD 129 - 2020
10 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLUNA PIER FD 121 - 2020
8 July 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMORIN POINT FD 96 - 2020
7 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMORIN POINT FD 95 - 2020
30 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesERIE TOWNSHIP FD 260 - 2020
28 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLASALLE TOWNSHIP VFD 0000267 - 2019
20 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesERIE TOWNSHIP FD 261 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Erie: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Otter Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Scotfield Tile Co Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this place

10 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Erie in 10 storm reports between 2000 and 2026: 5 hail, 5 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2005Thunderstorm WindErie1 hurtTrees and utility poles were blown down. One motorist was slightly injured when power lines fell on his SUV.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindErie-Multiple trees reported blown down.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindErie-MDOT reported a tree down.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindErie-A large tree was blown down.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindErie-The public reported 3 to 4 trees down at a marina on the Lost Peninsula.
March 2026HailErie-no account filed
June 2023HailErie-no account filed
June 2023HailErie-no account filed
March 2016HailErie-no account filed
August 2000HailErie-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Monroe County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Vienna1.1 miles18
Ottawa2.3 miles19
Luna Pier3.0 miles18
Vienna Junction3.1 miles19
Yargerville3.6 miles19
Hillcrest Orchard4.0 miles18
Temperance4.0 miles19
Samaria4.4 miles19

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.

Wikipedia article on ErieAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q134030606The 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 625631. 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.