Saint Elmo, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Lee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48640. It stands on Salt Creek. The Survey maps it on the Floyd quadrangle.
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.
- 1934 USGS Sanford quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Sanford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Floyd quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Midland quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
65 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Saint Elmo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 79 acres in total. 5 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 burning | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LEE TOWNSHIP FD 266 - 2018 |
| 8 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MIDLAND 07 |
| 7 June 2018 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MIDLAND 04 - WEST 11 MILE RD |
| 4 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LEE TOWNSHIP FD 212 - 2019 |
| 7 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MIDLAND 09 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Olson | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Porter | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Gordonville | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Dice Corners | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Oil City | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Teeterville | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Redstone | 7.1 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617833. 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.







