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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.

Saint Elmo within Midland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

65 since 1992

Regional 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 burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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
25 August 2005Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 July 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLEE TOWNSHIP FD 266 - 2018
8 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMIDLAND 07
7 June 2018Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMIDLAND 04 - WEST 11 MILE RD
4 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLEE TOWNSHIP FD 212 - 2019
7 May 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMIDLAND 09

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Midland 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
Floyd3.2 miles13
Olson3.6 miles13
Porter4.5 miles13
Gordonville5.4 miles13
Dice Corners5.7 miles13
Oil City6.5 miles15
Teeterville6.7 miles12
Redstone7.1 miles12

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.