Old Mission, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Peninsula Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49686. The Survey maps it on the Elk Rapids quadrangle. It stands 587 feet above sea level.
On record in Old Mission
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Hedden Halllisted 1982 · 0.2 miles away
Dougherty Mission Houselisted 2011 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1954 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Elk Rapids quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Elk Rapids quadrangle1:25000
- 1983 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
4 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Old Mission between 2018 and 2019, burning about 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PENINSULA TOWNSHIP FD 0000475 - 2018 |
| 23 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PENINSULA TOWNSHIP FD 0000258 - 2019 |
| 9 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PENINSULA TOWNSHIP FD 0000152 - 2018 |
| 20 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MILTON TOWNSHIP FD 0000033 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Old Mission in 5 storm reports between 2002 and 2021: 3 hail, 1 lightning, 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 2002 | Lightning | Old Mission | $125,000 | Home destroyed by fire caused by lightning strike. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Old Mission | $3,000 | Power lines down on road. Time of damage estimated from radar. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Old Mission | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Old Mission | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Old Mission | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mapleton | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Yuba | 9.7 miles | 12 | |
| Angel | 9.7 miles | 12 | |
| Acme | 13.2 miles | 12 | |
| Bates | 13.3 miles | 12 | |
| Williamsburg | 13.7 miles | 12 | |
| Mabel | 14.8 miles | 12 | |
| Fivemile Corner | 15.0 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Old Mission | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7084542 | The 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 634007. 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.
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.





