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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1954 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Fairview quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Grayling quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
62 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | WILCOX RD |
| 24 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FAIRVIEW FD 0000036 - 2019 |
| 19 August 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | MEADOW SPRINGS |
| 4 July 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.1 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OSCODA 04 - CEDAR POWERLINE |
| 29 July 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | MIO RED |
| 27 July 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | MUG AND JUG |
| 12 July 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OSCODA 05 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State of Michigan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2000Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | $4,000 | A few trees were downed, resulting in localized power outages. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | $2,000 | Reports of trees downed in Fairview. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | - | A trained spotter estimated 60 mph wind gusts. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Fairview | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Lightning | Fairview | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Fairview | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Fairview | - | 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.
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.




