Isabella, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Garden Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49878. It stands on Fishdam River. The Survey maps it on the Garden Corners quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1932 USGS Garden NE quadrangle1:31680
- 1954 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Garden quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Manistique quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Garden Corners quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Isabella between 1998 and 2019, burning about 16 acres in total. 2 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 burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | RED GREEN |
| 4 August 1998 | Other causes | 1.0 acres | Hiawatha National Forest | BARN |
| 27 July 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | REST AREA |
| 12 June 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.8 acres | Hiawatha National Forest | WESTBRANCH |
| 7 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GARDEN TOWNSHIP VFD 0201811 - 2018 |
| 7 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Hiawatha National Forest | LL FIRE |
| 18 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | RIVER FIRE |
| 12 May 2017 | Other causes | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LOG CABIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Isabella in 4 storm reports between 2001 and 2012: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain. 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 2012 | Heavy Rain | Isabella | - | The observer near Garden Corners measured 2.01 inches of rainfall. |
| June 2012 | Heavy Rain | Isabella | - | Two inches of rain was reported from a home weather station near Garden Corners. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Isabella | - | Nine inch diameter trees were blown down. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Isabella | - | Numerous trees down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Corners | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Nahma | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Nahma Junction | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Saint Jacques | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Garden | 9.0 miles | 10 | |
| Ogontz | 10.0 miles | 9 | |
| Devils Corner | 11.0 miles | 9 | |
| Fayette | 12.8 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617642. 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.






