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Parmelee, Michigan

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Thornapple Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49333. It stands on Duncan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Alto quadrangle.

Parmelee within Barry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

32 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Parmelee between 1993 and 2020, burning about 87 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
Natural1

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
21 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCALEDONIA TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 517 - 2020
17 July 2012Misuse of fire by a minor4.1 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBARRY 02
12 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCALEDONIA TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 648 - 2019
1 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCALEDONIA TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 512 - 2020
22 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCALEDONIA TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 581 - 2019
7 May 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBARRY 02 - HARRIS CREEK RD GUN RANGE
2 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTHORNAPPLE TWP EMERGENCY SERVICES 0000307 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barry County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Parmelee: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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
Currie and Duncan Lake MarlLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Barry Co Pit Yerington ConstSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bohn PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Barry County

Storms near this place

3 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parmelee in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 2024Thunderstorm WindParmelee$100,000Several trees were snapped or uprooted and a report of hail up to an inch in diameter was also received.
April 2024HailParmelee-A trained spotter reported one inch diameter hail four miles west of Parmalee.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindParmelee-The Barry county emergency manager reported that several trees were blown down across the county. More specifically, a tree was blown down two miles south of Woodland, three miles north of Middleville and four miles east southeast of Middleville.

Every storm recorded in Barry 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
Middleville2.9 miles13
Irving5.4 miles13
Bowens Mill7.1 miles9
Freeport8.6 miles12
Welcome Corner10.5 miles12
Podunk11.8 miles12
Carlton12.0 miles12
Hastings12.3 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 634421. 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.