BlockOrono, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Lincoln Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49677. It stands on East Branch Hersey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Reed City North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1931 USGS Chase NE quadrangle1:31680
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Reed City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Reed City North quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
25 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Orono between 1992 and 2020, burning about 102 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OSCEOLA 06 |
| 15 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | REED CITY FD 340 - 2020 |
| 30 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | REED CITY FD 387 - 2018 |
| 27 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 May 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Orono in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2012 | Flash Flood | Orono | $25,000 | Radar estimated that up to 5 to 7 inches of heavy rain fell across northwest Osceola county, resulting in a few roads that were either flooded or washed out. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashton | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Dewing's (historical) | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Reed City | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Slaybaugh Corner | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Le Roy | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Hersey | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| Tustin | 11.4 miles | 12 | |
| Dighton | 13.5 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2106970. 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.