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Faithorn, Michigan

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Faithorn Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49892. It stands on Faithorn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Faithorn quadrangle.

Faithorn within Menominee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

35 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Faithorn between 1993 and 2019, burning about 160 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
15 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesFAITHORN TOWNSHIP VFD 0090118 - 2018
7 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 July 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBRAY FIELD
4 June 2018Railroad operations and maintenance6.6 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesJD 1 FIRE
30 June 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 June 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 June 2018Railroad operations and maintenance15 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesJD 2 FIRE
30 May 2018Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesJD 3 FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Menominee County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Faithorn: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Gaf Corp. Kremlin QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Echo Lake Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Echo Lake Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kimlark Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Menominee County

Storms near this place

6 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Faithorn in 6 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2026FloodFaithorn$877,000County emergency management reported 20 to 30 roads flooded by 9:45 AM on the 12th, with significant flooding of the US-2 rail underpass in Powers as well as much of the surrounding town and the nearby town of Wilson. On the 13th, railroad tracks in Faithorn were washed out. In the overnight of the 13th into the 14th, County Road 563 washed out at Wilson Creek. One water rescue was performed in Harris Township on the 14th.Due to the severity of the flooding, a Disaster Declaration Request was approved by the president on June 30th.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindFaithorn$500,000The NWS storm survey team observed widespread damage from Faithorn to Hermansville with several structures severely damaged and thousands of trees uprooted or snapped off. Downed trees and powerlines resulted in impassable roads. |The NWS survey team also concluded that the damage was characteristic of intense straight line winds of 100 to 110 mph. This is supported by radar data which showed a classic descending rear inflow jet (strong high altitude winds descending to the ground) surging northeastward across this area. In addition, the downed trees fell in mainly the same direction along with signs of divergent flow in the damage pattern.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindFaithorn$1,500Three large trees and a power pole down.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindFaithorn-One to two inch diameter tree branches were broken off.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindFaithorn-Top 3/4 of tree, 12 inches in diameter, broke off near Faithorn.
June 2007HailFaithorn-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Menominee 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
Blom2.1 miles7
Cunard6.1 miles7
Nathan7.3 miles7
Leapers8.0 miles9
Hermansville8.2 miles7
Gardner10.2 miles7
Vega10.8 miles9
Banat11.5 miles7

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 FaithornAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5431313The 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 625807. 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.