BlockQuanicassee, Michigan
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Wisner Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48733. It stands on Quanicassee River. The Survey maps it on the Quanicassee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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 Flint quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Quanicassee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Quanicassee between 2004 and 2020, burning about 468 acres in total. None 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/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HAMPTON TOWNSHIP FD 306 - 2020 |
| 18 April 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 335 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TUSCOLA 01 - COUNTY LINE FIRE |
| 18 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 63 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TUSCOLA 01 |
| 14 April 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 68 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | REESE FIRE RESCUE 29 - 2020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Quanicassee in 5 storm reports between 2001 and 2019: 2 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2008 | Flood | Quanicassee | $75,000 | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Quanicassee | $50,000 | The Bay County tornado moved into Tuscola County near Darbee Road in Gilford Township. The tornado moved northeast to Saginaw Bay where it lifted. Along the damage path, a pole barn was destroyed, the side of another barn was badly damaged, a fruit and vegatable stand was toppled, an irrigation system was badly damaged, numerous large trees were uprooted, and one home sustained minor damage to its front porch. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quanicassee | $5,000 | Trees and large tree limbs blown down. |
| November 2019 | Flood | Quanicassee | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quanicassee | - | A tree was reported down on a powerline at Quanicassee and Akron Roads. |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122565557 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 635546. 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.