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Lum, Michigan

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Arcadia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48412. The Survey maps it on the Attica quadrangle.

Lum within Lapeer 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

9 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Lum between 2003 and 2020, burning about 105 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1
Natural1
Smoking1

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
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNORTH BRANCH TOWNSHIP FD 0000057 - 2019
5 June 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesIMLAY CITY FD 0000051 - 2019
8 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesARCADIA TOWNSHIP FD 0000010 - 2019
22 April 2018Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLAPEER CITY FIRE/RESCUE 0118117 - 2018
19 April 2004Debris and open burning12 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGOODLAND TOWNSHIP FD 0000011 - 2019
15 April 2003Equipment and vehicle use21 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 November 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesARCADIA TOWNSHIP FD 0000040 - 2020

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lapeer County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lum: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Baritt PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Vannini PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Lapeer County

Storms near this place

7 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lum in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 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 2007LightningLum$175,000The local newspaper reported a home destroyed by fire after being struck by lightning during a violent thunderstorm. Total property damages were estimated at roughly $175K.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindLum$100,000A large barn and a garage were destroyed as winds lifted the roofs off the structures, a pickup truck in the garage was moved downwind about 20 to 40 feet, some homes in the area suffered significant roof damage, and several large trees were blown down. It was determined from the debris field and radar that most of the damage was the result of microburst winds. The damage path was about one mile wide in length and one half mile in width. Some of the damage may have been enhanced by small circulations within the edges of the microburst - commonly called "gustnadoes".
May 1998Thunderstorm WindLum$2,000no account filed
August 2023Thunderstorm WindLum-Trees reported down.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindLum-The local newspaper reported trees and power lines down across Little Cedar Creek Drive.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindLum-The emergency manager reported a large tree blown down.
April 2020HailLum-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lapeer 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
Kings Mill3.2 miles10
Goodland4.2 miles10
Attica4.8 miles10
Five Lakes5.2 miles10
Imlay City6.5 miles10
Burnside8.6 miles10
North Branch9.3 miles10
Lapeer9.5 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 631209. 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.