BlockHuron City, Michigan
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Huron Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48467. It stands on Willow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Huron City quadrangle.
On record in Huron City
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Huron City Historic Districtlisted 1995
Pointe Aux Barques Lighthouselisted 1973
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Huron City quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Pointe Aux Barques quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Huron City in 2018, burning about 1 acre 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | KINDE AREA FD 0000011 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Huron City: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grind Stone City Sandstone Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Huron City in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Huron City | $75,000 | A National Weather Service Storm Survey confirmed a weak EF0 tornado hit the Lighthouse County Park in Huron County. The tornado touched down at 1011 PM about 1.5 miles northwest of the Park, and tracked over and close to Lighthouse Road. The tornado, with maximum winds of 80 mph, then continued to track southeast, moving through the County Park and exiting out into Lake Huron at 1013 PM. The total path length was estimated at 2 miles, with a maximum width of 75 yards. |Numerous trees were blown down, one of which fell onto a camper. Roof damage was also observed at one home. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huron City | - | A few trees reported down. |
| October 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huron City | - | Multiple trees reported down. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Huron City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grind Stone City | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Glencoe | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Lewisville | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Redman | 6.9 miles | 9 | |
| Pointe aux Barques | 7.1 miles | 10 | |
| Port Austin | 8.6 miles | 10 | |
| Port Hope | 8.8 miles | 9 | |
| Kinde | 10.7 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 628861. 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.