Seney, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Seney Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49883. It stands on Gronden Creek. The Survey maps it on the Seney quadrangle. It stands 735 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1931 USGS Seney SW quadrangle1:31680
- 1954 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Seney quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Manistique Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Seney between 2005 and 2018, burning about 3,430 acres in total. 6 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WHITE LIGHTNING FIRE |
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BB FIRE |
| 11 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CUB FIRE |
| 10 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | M77 FIRE |
| 6 July 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Seney National Wildlife Refuge | WHITE PINE |
| 3 July 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 July 2006 | Natural | 4.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 July 2006 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Seney National Wildlife Refuge | TRAIL 143 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Seney in 6 storm reports between 2001 and 2006: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seney | $3,000 | Several trees down along Highway M-77 and adjoining side roads. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seney | - | Several trees were blown down along highway M-77. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Seney | - | Penny sized hail was reported. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seney | - | 8 inch diameter trees down. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seney | - | Numerous trees blown down across tour route in Seney Wildlife Refuge. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Seney | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germfask | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Lavender Corner | 10.8 miles | 10 | |
| Walsh | 12.7 miles | 9 | |
| Blaney Park | 15.9 miles | 11 | |
| Creighton | 17.6 miles | 12 | |
| Pines | 18.1 miles | 12 | |
| Inland | 21.6 miles | 11 | |
| Blaney Junction | 22.2 miles | 11 |
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 Seney | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14716276 | The 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 637577. 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.
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.






