BlockMerriweather, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Bergland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49947. It stands on Merriweather Creek. The Survey maps it on the Merriweather quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1956 USGS Bergland quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Ontonagon quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Merriweather quadrangle1:25000
- 1999 USGS Merriweather quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Merriweather between 1992 and 2010, burning about 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 2003 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | LILLIE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Merriweather: 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fox Valley Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Merryweather Prospect | Copper | Prospect | 1852 | |
| Wauneta Exploration | Copper | Prospect | 1899 |
Storms near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Merriweather in 4 storm reports between 2006 and 2016: 2 hail, 1 flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2013 | Flood | Merriweather | $550,000 | Rapid melting of significant late season snow pack caused moderate flooding of roads in the Bergland, Bruce Crossing and Rockland areas from the 28th into the 30th. Minor flooding continued into early May. Some flooding of basements was also reported. A portion of Highway M-28 was closed from Bergland to Bruce Crossing due to flooding. Governor Rick Snyder declared a state of disaster in Ontonagon County where nearly $ 550,000 in property damage occurred due to the flooding mainly to roadway infrastructure. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Merriweather | $2,000 | There was a public report of several trees down around Lake Gogebic five miles southeast of Merriweather. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Merriweather | - | Hail lasted around ten minutes. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Merriweather | - | Penny-sized hail reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Gogebic | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Bergland | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Topaz | 8.8 miles | 12 | |
| Nonesuch | 12.6 miles | 15 | |
| White Pine | 12.7 miles | 15 | |
| Matchwood | 12.7 miles | 12 | |
| Silver City | 18.0 miles | 15 | |
| Carp Lake Landing | 18.2 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1620796. 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.