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North Aurelius, Michigan

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Aurelius Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48854. The Survey maps it on the Aurelius quadrangle.

North Aurelius within Ingham County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

21 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of North Aurelius between 2018 and 2020, burning about 21 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
Equipment and vehicle use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony1

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
29 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMASON FD 157 - 2019
7 July 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDELHI TOWNSHIP FD 1766 - 2018
3 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMASON FD 131 - 2020
3 July 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDELHI TOWNSHIP FD 1714 - 2018
17 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDELHI TOWNSHIP FD 1866 - 2019
11 July 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMASON FD 141 - 2020
30 June 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDELHI TOWNSHIP FD 1713 - 2019
29 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMASON FD 123 - 2020

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ingham County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of North Aurelius: 8 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
B and M Enterprises PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Capitol PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Couch Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Luoma Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Snider Farms PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sniders No 1 Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Weaver Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ingham County

Storms near this place

5 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Aurelius in 5 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
May 2011Thunderstorm WindNorth Aurelius$500,000The bowing segment caused damage in a stretch nearly 7 miles long and 0.5 mile in width from approximately the Ingham county border east into the city of Mason. This path was a continuation of the damage in Eaton county. Strong winds uprooted or snapped numerous large trees in addition to downing power lines near the Mason area.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindNorth Aurelius$15,000Severe thunderstorms blew down several large trees as well as shingles off of a greenhouse one mile south of Lansing in Ingham county. A one and a half foot diameter tree was also blown down onto a home causing major roof damage in Williamston.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindNorth Aurelius$5,000Multiple trees were blown down by wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
June 2024HailNorth Aurelius-There were several reports of large hail from across much of Ingham county.
April 2010HailNorth Aurelius-A trained spotter five miles west of Mason measured one inch diameter hail.

Every storm recorded in Ingham 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
Aurelius4.1 miles13
Holt4.3 miles14
Mason5.3 miles11
Eden7.3 miles11
Packard7.6 miles14
Kinneville8.1 miles12
North Leslie8.7 miles11
Onondaga9.6 miles12

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122543168The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 633471. 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.