Santiago, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Turner Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48765. It stands on Bum Drain. The Survey maps it on the Au Gres quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 11 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 Tawas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Au Gres quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Santiago between 1994 and 2020, burning about 412 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 9.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARENAC 05 |
| 8 July 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARENAC 02 |
| 26 May 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARENAC 32 |
| 17 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TWINING-TURNER-MASON FD 0000014 - 2019 |
| 15 May 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 1994 | Smoking | 65 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 1994 | Debris and open burning | 253 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Santiago: 3 producers, 3 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, Clay, Gypsum-Anhydrite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook Brick Co Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Duck Lake Limestone Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Tawas Quarry | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | 1950 | |
| Arenac Co Pit # 1 Re Glancy | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| C & D Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Van Dusen Stone Co | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Santiago in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2013: 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delano | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Au Gres | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Turner | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Twining | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Birchwood Shores | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Glenwood Beach | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Hammell Beach | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Wagner Beach | 7.1 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617837. 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.



