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Fairview, Michigan

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Comins Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48621. The Survey maps it on the Fairview quadrangle.

Fairview within Oscoda County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

62 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Fairview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 194 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 were 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 burning16
Equipment and vehicle use11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural2
Smoking2
Other causes1

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
20 September 2009Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestWILCOX RD
24 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesFAIRVIEW FD 0000036 - 2019
19 August 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestMEADOW SPRINGS
4 July 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution1.1 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOSCODA 04 - CEDAR POWERLINE
29 July 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestMIO RED
27 July 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestMUG AND JUG
12 July 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 July 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOSCODA 05

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oscoda County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fairview: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
State of Michigan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Oscoda County

Storms near this place

7 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairview in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2021: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2020Thunderstorm WindFairview$4,000A few trees were downed, resulting in localized power outages.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindFairview$2,000Reports of trees downed in Fairview.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindFairview-A trained spotter estimated 60 mph wind gusts.
July 2006HailFairview-no account filed
May 2004LightningFairview-no account filed
May 2001HailFairview-no account filed
June 2000HailFairview-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oscoda 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
Kneeland2.4 miles11
Biggs Settlement4.3 miles11
Comins5.6 miles12
Mio6.5 miles11
McKinley8.1 miles8
Red Oak12.8 miles11
Luzerne13.9 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1619884. 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.