BlockPomona, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Cleon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49625. The Survey maps it on the Copemish quadrangle.
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 Copemish quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Cadillac quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Copemish quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
14 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Pomona between 1992 and 2020, burning about 21 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2004 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 July 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WEXFORD 04 - 8 RD FIRE |
| 6 June 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | THOMPSONVILLE VFD 1900034 - 2019 |
| 7 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 May 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 May 1995 | 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
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pomona in 1 storm report in 2018: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pomona | $12,000 | Dozens of healthy maple trees were downed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copemish | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Marilla | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Humphrey | 9.6 miles | 10 | |
| Kaleva | 9.7 miles | 9 | |
| Pleasanton | 12.8 miles | 10 | |
| Brethren | 13.6 miles | 9 | |
| Chief Lake | 14.5 miles | 9 | |
| Bear Lake | 14.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 635216. 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.