Marengo, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Marengo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49224. The Survey maps it on the Northwest Albion quadrangle.
On record in Marengo
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
23 Mile Road-Kalamazoo River Bridgelisted 1999
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1921 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1923 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Northwest Albion quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
31 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Marengo between 2018 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PARMA-SANDSTONE FD 504 - 2020 |
| 14 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MARSHALL TOWNSHIP FD 216 - 2020 |
| 7 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MARENGO TOWNSHIP FD 0000108 - 2018 |
| 27 July 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALBION DPS 0000066 - 2019 |
| 2 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MARSHALL FD 00479 - 2018 |
| 17 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP FD 2018085 - 2018 |
| 1 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 14 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP FD 2018074 - 2018 |
| 24 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALBION DPS 0000043 - 2020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Marengo: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Bros Contractors, Inc Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| George Miller & Sons Inc Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Tekonsha Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Yerington Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marengo in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marengo | $5,000,000 | There were multiple reports of downed trees and limbs and power lines. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marengo | - | A trained spotter reported two trees were blown down two miles north northwest of Marengo. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rice Creek | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Babcock | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Eckford | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Albion | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Marshall | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Condit | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Wrights Corners | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Albion Landing | 8.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 631543. 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.







