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Larkin, Michigan

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Larkin Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48642. It stands on Miller Drain. The Survey maps it on the Midland North quadrangle.

Larkin within Midland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

45 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Larkin between 1995 and 2019, burning about 119 acres in total. 1 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 burning18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1

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
20 September 2009Debris and open burning4.2 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMIDLAND 21
11 September 2005Debris and open burning10 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 July 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 July 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 June 2018Debris and open burning4.7 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMIDLAND 01
22 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLARKIN TOWNSHIP FD 0000095 - 2019
1 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMIDLAND 05

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Midland County

Storms near this place

9 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Larkin in 9 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
May 2011Thunderstorm WindLarkin$3,000A spotter measured a 71 mph thunderstorm wind gust which uprooted trees.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindLarkin$3,000Over two dozen trees were blown down, with larger ones around 18 inches in diameter.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindLarkin$3,000Several Trees reported down.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindLarkin-Several trees reported blown down.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindLarkin-Numerous trees and power lines reported down in Larkin Township.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindLarkin-Numerous trees were reported down.
July 2014HailLarkin-no account filed
April 2011HailLarkin-no account filed
June 2008HailLarkin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Midland 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
Bombay1.7 miles13
Hope5.6 miles10
Averill6.4 miles13
Midland7.4 miles13
Francis Grove7.6 miles13
Sanford7.9 miles13
Wrights (historical)8.0 miles11
Golden8.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617672. 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.