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Juniata, Michigan

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Vassar Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48768. The Survey maps it on the Juniata quadrangle.

Juniata within Tuscola County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

15 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Juniata between 1992 and 2019, burning about 19 acres 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/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning2

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 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesVASSAR FD 1062018 - 2018
15 June 1992Debris and open burning2.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 May 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMILLINGTON-ARBELA TWP FD 0000172 - 2018
4 May 2018Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesVASSAR FD 0732018 - 2018
4 May 2018Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesVASSAR FD 0802018 - 2018
12 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesVASSAR FD 0442019 - 2019
1 May 2018Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMAYVILLE FD 0000031 - 2018
22 April 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMILLINGTON-ARBELA TWP FD 0000147 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuscola County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Juniata: 7 producers, 4 past producers, 1 plant, 1 unknown. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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
Great Lake MineralsSilicaProducerSedimentary
Andersen Sand and Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Andersen Sand and Gravel CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Plant No 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Richmond Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sargent Sand Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sargent Sand Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sargent Sand Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sargent Sand Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sargent Sand Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Tuscola County

Storms near this place

5 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Juniata in 5 storm reports between 2012 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2022Thunderstorm WindJuniata-Multiple trees reported down.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindJuniata-Multiple trees reported down.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindJuniata-A tree was reported down on power lines.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindJuniata-Twelve inch diameter tree blown down.
July 2023HailJuniata-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tuscola 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
Mayville5.9 miles9
Millington5.9 miles10
Vassar6.6 miles10
Wahjamega7.4 miles11
Watrousville7.8 miles10
Fostoria8.2 miles9
Karrs Corner9.4 miles10
East Dayton10.3 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 629422. 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.