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Lachine, Michigan

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Long Rapids Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49753. It stands on Morrison Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lachine quadrangle. It stands 735 feet above sea level.

Lachine within Alpena County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 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

37 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Lachine between 1992 and 2020, burning about 69 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 August 2016Equipment and vehicle use8.8 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 July 2002Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use8.8 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesALPENA 02 - BALER FIRE
6 June 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesALPENA 0008
6 June 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesALPENA 0009
24 June 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 June 1995Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 June 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Alpena County

Storms near this place

14 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lachine in 14 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 tornado. 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
October 2007Tornado (EF2)Lachine$240,000The Long Rapids tornado touched down initially near Hodgins Road, and tracked northeast for 4 miles, ending just north of Long Rapids Road on McNeil Road. The most concentrated property damage was near Hodgins Road. Three homes suffered roof and siding damage, and three barns were destroyed or heavily damaged. A garage and a shed were also destroyed, and there was substantial tree damage. Winds were estimated at 120 mph, making it an EF2.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindLachine$10,000Trees were downed onto a house.
June 2004Tornado (F0)Lachine$6,000The tornado lifted just after moving into Alpena County. Over twenty trees were downed at the Thunder Bay Golf Resort.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindLachine$3,000Reports of trees downed near Lachine.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindLachine$2,000Two large trees downed along M-32.
August 2025HailLachine-Multiple reports of hailstones up to 2 inches in diameter in the Lachine and Flanders areas in west central Alpena county, Michigan. Hail accumulated on decks and resulted in multiple instances of car and home damage, as well as some damage to trees.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindLachine-A spotter estimated 60 mph winds.
July 2007HailLachine-Penny sized hail fell at Thunder Bay Golf Club. In addition, 40 mph wind gusts downed small tree limbs.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindLachine-Several six inch branches blown down.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindLachine-Trees uprooted
September 1998HailLachine-Also received scattered reports of trees snapped off and/or uprooted from across the county.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindLachine-Strong winds downed several trees up to 8" in diameter in a swampy area.
July 2008HailLachine-no account filed
July 2007HailLachine-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Alpena 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
Flanders2.0 miles7
Long Rapids3.4 miles7
Emerson Station3.4 miles7
Spratt5.0 miles7
Herron5.2 miles7
Paxton5.6 miles8
McHarg6.1 miles8
Leer8.4 miles7

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 Q122544123The 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 629930. 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.