Sharon, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Garfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49633. It stands on Big Cannon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sharon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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 Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Kalkaska quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sharon quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
28 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Sharon between 1992 and 2019, burning about 167 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | COLDSPRINGS-EXCELSIOR FIRE/RESCUE 1820889 - 2018 |
| 21 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 2014 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | KALKASKA 0006 |
| 29 July 2001 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 June 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.4 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | KALKASKA 04 - NAPLES RD |
| 20 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | KALKASKA 05 - WEST OF SUNSET |
| 14 June 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sharon in 3 storm reports between 1995 and 2015: 2 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharon | $5,000 | Lightning struck a tree which fell and killed a 68-year-old man near East Lake at Spencer. Numerous trees and power lines were downed by the wind creating power outages that lasted over two days. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Sharon | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Sharon | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| O'Neil | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Millers Corners | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Spencer | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| McGee | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Sigma | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Taffeltown | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Giddings | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Lodi | 6.7 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 637663. 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.





