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Sagola, Michigan

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Sagola Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49881. The Survey maps it on the Sagola quadrangle. It stands 1,427 feet above sea level.

Sagola within Dickinson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

10 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Sagola between 1993 and 2019, burning about 17 acres in total. 2 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 burning3
Natural2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
24 June 2019Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSAGOLA TOWNSHIP VFD 0000017 - 2019
18 June 2010Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTURKEY SHOT
7 May 2009Natural5.6 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSTURGEON ROAD FIRE
18 May 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 May 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution1.3 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesEAGLE
28 April 1993Debris and open burning2.4 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 April 2012Debris and open burning1.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSTURGEON ROAD
20 April 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dickinson 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 Sagola: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, Iron. 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
Basalt QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
BruleIronPast Producer1936
Dishaw PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dickinson County

Storms near this place

9 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sagola in 9 storm reports between 2000 and 2018: 7 hail, 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 2007Thunderstorm WindSagola$2,000Numerous trees down along Leeman Road.
August 2018HailSagola-There was a public report of one inch diameter hail just south of Sagola.
July 2011HailSagola-Gusty winds up to 25 mph were also reported.
September 2006HailSagola-Hail lasted for five to ten minutes.
July 2004HailSagola-One-inch diameter hail was reported.
May 2002HailSagola-One and three quarter inch diameter hail was reported.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindSagola-An eight inch diameter tree was blown down.
July 2006HailSagola-no account filed
August 2000HailSagola-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dickinson 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
Channing3.7 miles13
Golden4.7 miles13
Randville6.9 miles11
Floodwood9.8 miles13
Turner9.9 miles13
Granite Bluff10.5 miles11
Metropolitan11.8 miles10
Merriman12.0 miles11

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.

Wikipedia article on SagolaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q122573231The 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 636506. 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.