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Morey, Michigan

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Pioneer Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49651. The Survey maps it on the Morey quadrangle.

Morey within Missaukee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

39 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Morey between 1992 and 2020, burning about 72 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Debris and open burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Other causes2
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1

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
6 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.4 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMANTON FD 0000042 - 2019
17 August 1996Smoking1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 July 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 July 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMISSAUKEE 11
29 July 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Missaukee County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Morey: 1 producer. 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
State of Michigan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Missaukee County

Storms near this place

1 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morey in 1 storm report in 2015: 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
October 2015HailMorey-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Missaukee 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
Pioneer4.4 miles12
Arlene4.4 miles12
Cutcheon4.9 miles12
Lake City6.2 miles12
Jennings7.7 miles12
Stittsville7.7 miles12
Keelans Corner9.6 miles12
Moorestown11.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617729. 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.