BlockNorthland, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wells Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49831. The Survey maps it on the Northland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1957 USGS Northland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Gwinn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Northland quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Northland between 2005 and 2015, burning about 77 acres in total. None 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 | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SWEET APPLE |
| 28 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SCHULTZ RD |
| 8 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MARQUETTE #002 |
| 21 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 April 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 19 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MEAD ROAD SOUTH |
| 17 April 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 21 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MEAD ROAD NORTH |
| 15 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PHONEBOX |
| 12 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SCREEN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Northland: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felber Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Northland in 4 storm reports between 1995 and 2004: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2004 | Hail | Northland | - | One-inch diameter hail was reported. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Northland | - | Golf ball sized hail was reported. |
| August 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Northland | - | A tornado occurred at Northland (40 SW of Marquette). Several 12 to 18 inch diameter trees were uprooted and 4 chairs and a metal frame glass picnic table were blown off a deck of a house. Only one chair was damaged ($10 value). No other objects or buildings were damaged. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Northland | - | Eight inch trees down. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617750. 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.