BlockFloodwood, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Sagola Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49815. It stands on Nookomis nbi. The Survey maps it on the Channing quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1899 USGS Sagola quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Channing quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Sagola quadrangle1:62500
- 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
- 1989 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
13 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Floodwood between 1992 and 2011, burning about 115 acres in total. 1 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 | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 August 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 July 2003 | Natural | 2.1 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | YARDMAN |
| 1 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TWO MILE |
| 9 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ASH PILE |
| 9 May 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | 45 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 May 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 May 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Floodwood in 7 storm reports between 2012 and 2019: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floodwood | $70,000 | The storm survey indicated a four-mile path of straight line wind damage across the Sawyer and Edey Lake area east of Channing. There was evidence of gustnadoes along the main straight line wind core. Straight-line wind speeds were estimated at 60-70 mph with pockets of near 90 mph winds within the gustnado damage. Numerous large trees were uprooted with smaller trees snapped off from the strong winds. Within the area of strongest wind damage several of the large trees fell on houses and vehicles and knocked down power poles and power lines. The 911 call center also reported that numerous witnesses saw a waterspout on Sawyer Lake which moved onshore towards Woodlawn Lane. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floodwood | $8,000 | There was a report of a tree down on a vehicle near the intersection of Woodlawn Lane and Tobin Lane northeast of Channing. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floodwood | $1,000 | There was a public report on the social media of a local television news outlet of a tree down on M-95 along with numerous other branches down between Channing and Highway US-41. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floodwood | $1,000 | Winds estimated at 60 mph knocked over a 24-inch diameter white pine tree six miles south of Witch Lake. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floodwood | $500 | A NWS employee reported a large tree uprooted with numerous downed branches near Silver Lake. Time of the report was estimated from radar. |
| April 2019 | Flood | Floodwood | - | Minor flooding occurred into Dickinson County along the Michigamme River from the 23rd through the end of the month. |
| August 2014 | Heavy Rain | Floodwood | - | The automated observing station on the Michigamme River near Witch Lake measured 3.72 inches of rainfall in less than 24 hours. |
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 1617562. 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.