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Prosper, Michigan

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Clam Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49632. The Survey maps it on the Falmouth quadrangle.

Prosper within Missaukee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

21 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Prosper between 1992 and 2019, burning about 72 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
Debris and open burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
4 September 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLAKE MISSAUKEE FD 0000049 - 2019
8 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMISSAUKEE 07 - FORWARD ROAD FIRE
24 July 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMISSAUKEE 09
11 July 2012Recreation and ceremony1.3 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMISSAUKEE 08 - WEST FALMOUTH
11 June 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMISSAUKEE 05
4 May 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestGOLDEN RETRIEVER
22 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMISSAUKEE 07
21 May 2009Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMISSAUKEE 05

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Missaukee County

Storms near this place

2 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Prosper in 2 storm reports in 2024: 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2024Thunderstorm WindProsper$55,000Multiple reports of tree damage and downed powerlines in a swath approximately a mile and a half wide near Dyer Lake east of Falmouth. Trees snapped and uprooted by suspected downburst gusts. Accompanied by torrential rain and up to dime sized hail.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindProsper$15,000Uprooted spruce tree and minor structure damage, including damage to fiberglass shop roof, children's playground set, and an old wood frame barn blown down. Accompanied by torrential rain and strong winds. Dairy farmer located 30 feet inside an open sided cow barn at time of storm reported having to turn on windshield wipers to see through rain coming into building.

Every storm recorded in Missaukee 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
Dinca2.7 miles12
Falmouth2.9 miles11
Vogel Center3.6 miles11
Moddersville4.5 miles12
Butterfield4.9 miles12
Keelans Corner6.9 miles12
Merritt7.6 miles12
Dolph8.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617805. 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.