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Nestoria, Michigan

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Covington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49861. The Survey maps it on the Nestoria quadrangle.

Nestoria within Baraga County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

12 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Nestoria between 1992 and 2015, burning about 6 acres in total. 5 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
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1

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
18 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 August 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 August 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 August 2007Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 August 1995Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 August 2007Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 August 2005Natural1.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baraga County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Nestoria: 8 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. 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
Unnamed Copper ProspectCopperOccurrence
Mead PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mead PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Beaufort MineIronPast Producer1882, 1905
Beaufort MineIronPast Producer1882
Norwood MineIronPast Producer1887, 1888
Ohio Mine -Includes Norwood MineIronPast Producer1907, 1953
Titan MineIronPast Producer1882, 1888
Titan MineIronPast Producer1882

Every working recorded in Baraga County

Storms near this place

11 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nestoria in 11 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 heavy rain. 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
July 2012Thunderstorm WindNestoria$2,000Several trees were downed and a dock was ripped off. Ponding water was observed at Fence Lake Rd.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindNestoria$1,500There was a delayed report of tree damage observed near Craig Lake State Park on Craig Lake Road.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindNestoria$1,000There was a public report of a heavy chair and wood missing from a yard west of Three Lakes. Thunderstorm winds also bent an analog antenna and knocked the power out for two hours. Time of the damage was estimated from radar.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindNestoria$500There was a report from social media of a tree down near Nestoria.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindNestoria$500A tree fell on power lines sparking a small fire on Imperial Heights Road just off of US-41.
October 2025HailNestoria-A public report of quarter sized hail covering the ground.
September 2017HailNestoria-A spotter just northwest of Michigamme reported mainly pea to dime sized hail with a few stones the size of nickels.
May 2011HailNestoria-Pea to penny-sized hail was reported. Time of the report was estimated from radar.
August 2009Heavy RainNestoria-An observer near Three Lakes measured 2.29 inches of rain.
July 2008Heavy RainNestoria-An observer southeast of Herman measured 3.30 inches on the evening of the 6th.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindNestoria-10 inch diameter trees down across the road to Craig Lake.

Every storm recorded in Baraga 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
Three Lakes3.5 miles15
Tioga4.6 miles12
Imperial Heights7.5 miles15
Herman8.6 miles12
Vermilac10.7 miles12
Alberta12.5 miles12
Bovine13.6 miles12
Covington14.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1618851. 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.