Pelkie, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Baraga Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49958. It stands on Pine Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pelkie quadrangle.
On record in Pelkie
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 1 record
Herman and Anna Hanka Farmlisted 1984
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1954 USGS Pelkie quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Pelkie quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS L'Anse quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Pelkie quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
16 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Pelkie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 161 acres in total. 2 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 | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2000 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Michigan Agency | 008 |
| 1 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.4 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOROSCOPE ROAD FIRE |
| 15 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PELKIE VFD 02020-6 - 2020 |
| 13 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BARAGA FD 2020-52 - 2020 |
| 24 June 2009 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRISTMILL |
| 9 May 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
26 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pelkie in 26 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 10 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 6 heavy rain, 2 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 2023 | Flood | Pelkie | $500,000 | Runoff of liquid water equivalent of up to four inches in the higher terrain of Baraga County resulted in mostly minor snowmelt flooding of rural areas along rivers and small streams through much of the first half of May. Minor flooding occurred along the Sturgeon River during this time. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pelkie | $40,000 | 40 to 50 large trees were snapped off or uprooted between Pine Creek Road and just south of Highway M-38 near the Sturgeon River. |
| September 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pelkie | $12,000 | The observer seven miles northwest of Baraga reported several large red pines and spruce trees down from thunderstorm winds. There were approximately 8 snapped trees and over 15 uprooted trees. Power was also knocked out from the storm from 930 pm EDT on the 25th until 7 am EDT on the 26th. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pelkie | $7,000 | Law enforcement and social media photos indicated numerous trees, large branches and power lines down blocking roads in the Pelkie area. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pelkie | $3,000 | Several trees and power lines down. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pelkie | $2,000 | Online photos received showed numerous spruce trees snapped just east of Pelkie. Time of the delayed report was estimated from radar. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pelkie | $2,000 | Law enforcement reported downed trees on Froberg Road near Pelkie. Power outages were also reported in Baraga. |
| September 2010 | Flood | Pelkie | $1,000 | The Sturgeon River overflowed at Halonen Road seven miles northwest of Baraga. The water was estimated to be one foot deep over the road. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Pelkie | - | Nickel-sized hail was reported in Alston via Facebook. Time of the report was estimated from radar. The hail lasted several minutes. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Pelkie | - | Nickel-sized hail reported in Pelkie based on Facebook photo posted online. Time of the report was estimated from radar. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Pelkie | - | The spotter near Pelkie reported nickel-sized hail. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Pelkie | - | There was a public report of penny-sized hail near Pelkie. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Pelkie | - | The observer seven miles northwest of Baraga measured one inch diameter hail. |
| August 2014 | Heavy Rain | Pelkie | - | The observing station near Pelkie measured 1.38 inches of rainfall in just over ten hours. |
| September 2014 | Heavy Rain | Pelkie | - | Rainfall totals between 1.5 and 2.5 inches were reported across Baraga County in approximately a 15-hour period. |
| June 2012 | Heavy Rain | Pelkie | - | The Pelkie RAWS station measured over one and a half inches of storm total rainfall. |
| July 2012 | Heavy Rain | Pelkie | - | Observer measured 2.35 inches of rain 5 miles west-northwest of Baraga. |
| August 2009 | Heavy Rain | Pelkie | - | An observer seven miles northwest of Baraga measured 1.75 inches of rain. |
| September 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pelkie | - | The observer reported a tree down near Pelkie. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pelkie | - | Four-inch diameter trees down with small hail reported. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Pelkie | - | 1 1/2 inch diameter hail was reported. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Pelkie | - | 1 inch diameter hail was reported. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Pelkie | - | 1 inch hail was reported. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pelkie | - | An automatic weather station reported a 64 mph wind gust. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pelkie | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Heavy Rain | Pelkie | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1621187. 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.







