BlockKelden, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Pickford Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49774. It stands on Demoreux Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pickford quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1953 USGS Pickford quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 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
8 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Kelden between 1992 and 2018, burning about 265 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 July 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 June 2016 | Debris and open burning | 82 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | 16 MILE FIRE |
| 4 May 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PICKFORD VFD 2018-09 - 2018 |
| 12 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PICKFORD VFD 2018-10 - 2018 |
| 30 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 154 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kelden in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2020: 2 hail, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Flood | Kelden | $20,000 | A culvert was washed out along 20 Mile Road near Kelden. |
| October 2020 | Hail | Kelden | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Kelden | - | 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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122555099 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617653. 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.