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Hemlock, Michigan

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Grant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48763. The Survey maps it on the Floyd Lake quadrangle.

Hemlock within Iosco County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Hemlock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 218 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning28
Power generation/transmission/distribution19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking1
Natural1
Other causes1
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
29 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestSCHALT
27 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresHuron-Manistee National ForestWHITE ROCK
19 September 1999Debris and open burning11 acresHuron-Manistee National ForestGYPSUM
8 August 2001Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresHuron-Manistee National ForestPOWERLINE
6 August 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestRED
2 August 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestSAND LAKE
16 August 1994Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestGONE OUT WEST
11 August 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresHuron-Manistee National ForestKATYDID

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Iosco 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 Hemlock: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Clay. 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
Tawas City Western Clay PitClayPast Producer
National City QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer1925
National Pit & MillGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Natl Gypsum Co PitGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Iosco County

Storms near this place

2 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hemlock in 2 storm reports in 2008: 1 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHemlock$4,000Several trees were downed in Grant Township.
June 2008HailHemlock-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Iosco 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
White Rock2.1 miles14
Sand Lake3.0 miles14
National City3.2 miles11
McIvor3.2 miles11
Meadow3.3 miles14
Whittemore6.1 miles10
Turtle6.4 miles11
Alabaster Junction7.8 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617110. 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.