Homestead, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Sugar Island Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49783. The Survey maps it on the Oak Ridge OE E quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1919 USGS Neebish quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Neebish quadrangle1:63360
- 1951 USGS Lake George quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Sault Ste. Marie South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Homestead between 2004 and 2019, burning about 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 July 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.4 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WILLOW LANE |
| 2 May 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 May 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SUGAR ISLAND VFD 0001907 - 2019 |
| 28 April 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ADVANCE ISLAND FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Homestead in 2 storm reports between 2000 and 2001: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Homestead | - | Two ten inch diameter trees blown down. |
| August 2000 | Hail | Homestead | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Ridge | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Munuscong | 7.2 miles | 11 | |
| McCarron | 8.4 miles | 16 | |
| Barbeau | 9.1 miles | 16 | |
| Baie de Wasai | 10.7 miles | 14 | |
| Rosedale | 10.9 miles | 16 | |
| Kelden | 12.3 miles | 13 | |
| Churchville | 12.4 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 628516. 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.







