BlockFenmore, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Chapin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48831. The Survey maps it on the Chapin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1918 USGS Elsie quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Elsie quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Chapin quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Alma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Fenmore between 2003 and 2019, burning about 46 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 | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TRI-TOWNSHIP FD 0000062 - 2018 |
| 22 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | JONESFIELD-LAKEFIELD FD 77 - 2019 |
| 15 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 42 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TRI-TOWNSHIP FD 0000043 - 2019 |
| 12 January 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHESANING-BRADY FD 6 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fenmore in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 2 hail, 2 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Flood | Fenmore | $1,000,000 | Widespread flooding closed over 100 roads across Bay, Midland, and Saginaw Counties. In Saginaw County, there were numerous structures that suffered flood damage. A total of 148 buildings suffered major damage, with 13 homes or buildings destroyed, while another 287 buildings were affected or suffered minor damage from a combination of areal flooding and river flooding. |
| September 2008 | Flood | Fenmore | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fenmore | $80,000 | Pockets of damage observed roughly along a 12 mile southwest-northeast path. Estimated 100 trees snapped or uprooted, otherwise just lots of minor tree damage. Structural damage to outhouse. A couple old barns collapsed or destroyed. Large uprooted tree landed on deck of a house. One house suffered roof damage. A garage door was caved in, leading to walls of garage buckling. Damage to house awning. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Fenmore | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Fenmore | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Racy | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Chapin | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Marion Springs | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Brady Center | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Fordney | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Brant | 8.5 miles | 15 | |
| Oakley | 9.7 miles | 15 | |
| Galloway | 11.0 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617555. 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.