BlockOrleans, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Orleans Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48865. The Survey maps it on the Belding quadrangle. It stands 860 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Belding quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Orleans between 1994 and 2020, burning about 76 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BELDING FD 0000763 - 2018 |
| 22 July 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.4 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 June 2012 | Fireworks | 6.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MONTCALM 01 |
| 14 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ORLEANS TOWNSHIP FD 0000096 - 2018 |
| 29 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ORLEANS TOWNSHIP FD 0000067 - 2018 |
| 28 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ORLEANS TOWNSHIP FD 0000066 - 2018 |
| 23 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ORLEANS TOWNSHIP FD 0000062 - 2018 |
| 2 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BELDING FD 0000294 - 2020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Orleans in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2016: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Orleans | $750,000 | Tornado damage began just east of Orleans and moved northeast where it crossed M-44, bringing several large trees down, one of which fell on a house. The tornado then crossed West Long Lake Road where the concrete block wall of a garage was blown out and the wind peeled shingles off the roof of a house.||A path of tree damage about a hundred yards wide continued to the northeast and narrowed. The last damage noted was a few downed trees on East Boyer Road|about 3.5 miles southeast of Sheridan. |
| March 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orleans | $10,000 | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts blew down several large trees two miles south of Orleans. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Orleans | $5,000 | Hail briefly covered the ground and wind gusts up to 60 m.p.h. were also reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woods Corners | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Shiloh | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Belding | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Ionia | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Smyrna | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Cooks Corners | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| South Ionia | 7.7 miles | 12 | |
| Prairie | 7.9 miles | 12 |
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 Q136346894 | 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 634105. 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.