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Selkirk, Michigan

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Churchill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48661. It stands on Hiltz Creek. The Survey maps it on the Selkirk quadrangle.

Selkirk within Ogemaw County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

42 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Selkirk between 1992 and 2019, burning about 176 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 were 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 burning12
Arson/incendiarism7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1
Fireworks1

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
27 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 September 2007Recreation and ceremony6.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 July 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution5.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOGEMAW 03 - HARD TO FIND
30 June 2012Arson/incendiarism3.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOGEMAW 24 - CRYSTAL RD.
26 June 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOGEMAW 04 - BLOW OUT FIRE
14 June 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestGIBBY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ogemaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Selkirk: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Nw Ogeman State Forest Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Steen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ogemaw County

Storms near this place

6 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Selkirk in 6 storm reports between 2001 and 2019: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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
June 2001Thunderstorm WindSelkirk$20,00080 foot ash tree fell on house and badly damaged roof.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindSelkirk$15,000Numerous trees down and damage to a chimney.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindSelkirk$2,000A tree was downed onto power lines. The tree ignited and partially burned.
April 2014HailSelkirk-no account filed
June 2008HailSelkirk-no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindSelkirk-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ogemaw 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
Camp Lu Lay Lea3.5 miles10
Campbells Corners4.2 miles11
Fayettes Corner6.7 miles11
Elbow Lake7.0 miles9
Rose City7.9 miles11
Shady Shores8.1 miles11
Lupton8.4 miles11
Skidway Lake9.1 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 637566. 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.