BlockLangston, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Pine Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48888. The Survey maps it on the Langston quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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 Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Langston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
24 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Langston between 1992 and 2020, burning about 203 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 5 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 May 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAKEVIEW DISTRICT FD 0000086 - 2018 |
| 27 May 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 May 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BELVIDERE TOWNSHIP FD 0000020 - 2018 |
| 19 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MAPLE VALLEY TWP FIRE DEPARTMENT 0000028 - 2018 |
| 18 May 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 May 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 1994 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Langston in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Flood | Langston | $250,000 | Multiple lakes flooded lakeside homes and multiple roads were flooded. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langston | $5,000 | Trees and wires were blown down by wind gusts estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Langston | $5,000 | Seven eighths inch hail was reported five miles north of Langston. |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langston | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Langston | - | A trained spotter reported golf ball sized hail near Langston. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langston | - | Several trees were blown down near Langston. |
| July 1997 | Hail | Langston | - | Marble to golfball-sized hail was reported at Clifford Lake in Douglass Township, about 2 miles east of Langston or 5 miles west of Stanton. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 630135. 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.