BlockEwen, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1999. It stands in McMillan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49925. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ewen quadrangle.
On record in Ewen
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
- Ernest J. and Edna Humphrey Farmlisted 2022
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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 Matchwood quadrangle1:62500, 2 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
- 1979 USGS Ontonagon quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Ewen quadrangle1:25000
- 1999 USGS Ewen quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Ewen between 1994 and 2006, burning about 20 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | GERMAN ROAD |
| 24 April 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.7 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ewen in 14 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Flood | Ewen | $8,000,000 | Michigan DOT closed Highway M-28 at Ewen due to snowmelt flooding over the bridge along the South Branch of the Ontonagon River from the 13th until the 18th. Traffic was detoured via US-2 and US-45. Ontonagon County was added to the state emergency declaration by Governor Whitmer on the 21st to assist in flood recovery efforts. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ewen | $5,000 | The Ontonagon County Dispatch reported a few trees of unknown size down on power lines in Ewen. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ewen | $4,000 | Outbuildings on farm destroyed. Highway construction signs blown down. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ewen | $2,000 | There was a picture posted on social media of a large tree and power line down across a road in Ewen. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ewen | $2,000 | There was a report of several trees snapped or uprooted between Ewen and Bruce Crossing. The time of the delayed report was estimated from radar. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ewen | $2,000 | Trees reported down...dimensions unknown. Time was estimated by radar. Pea-sized hail was also reported. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Ewen | - | One inch diameter hail reported in Ewen. The hail lasted 5-10 minutes. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ewen | - | Tree limbs down. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Ewen | - | Three quarter inch hail was reported. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Ewen | - | Quarter sized hail was reported |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ewen | - | A twelve inch diameter tree was blown down. |
| September 2002 | Hail | Ewen | - | Three quarter inch diameter hail was reported. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ewen | - | Winds to 65 mph blew the roof of a house. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Ewen | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balitmore | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Bruce Crossing | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Matchwood | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Gem | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Craigsmere | 8.1 miles | 14 | |
| Paynesville | 8.8 miles | 12 | |
| North Paynesville | 9.0 miles | 12 | |
| Sleepy Hollow | 9.3 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1619879. 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.