BlockSidnaw, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Duncan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49961. It stands on Hill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sidnaw quadrangle. It stands 1,368 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1954 USGS Sidnaw quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Sidnaw quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS L'Anse quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Sidnaw quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Sidnaw between 1996 and 2016, burning about 19 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 May 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | LAKE THIRTEEN |
| 24 May 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Ottawa National Forest | SOGGY |
| 17 May 2013 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | FIRE HALL FIRE |
| 15 May 2013 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.6 acres | Ottawa National Forest | JACOBSON FIRE |
| 14 May 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | SIDNAW OLD TIMER |
| 27 April 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.5 acres | Ottawa National Forest | SCHOOLYARD |
| 27 April 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.5 acres | Ottawa National Forest | SCHOOL YARD |
| 17 April 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | SIDNAW |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Sidnaw: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hager Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Norback Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Norback Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sidnaw in 3 storm reports between 2002 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sidnaw | $8,000 | A spotter south of Sidnaw reported numerous large trees snapped or uprooted. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sidnaw | $1,000 | There was a picture posted on social media from one of the local TV stations of a large portion of a tree downed on power lines south of Sidnaw. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Sidnaw | - | Penny sized hail was reported. |
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.
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 Sidnaw | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7508896 | 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 1621597. 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.