BlockSidney, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Sidney Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48885. The Survey maps it on the Greenville East quadrangle. It stands 896 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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 Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Langston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cedar Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Sidney between 2006 and 2019, burning about 81 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | STANTON COMMUNITY FD 0000070 - 2019 |
| 1 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SHERIDAN COMMUNITY FD 2019060 - 2019 |
| 27 June 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | STANTON COMMUNITY FD 0000058 - 2019 |
| 9 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MONTCALM TOWNSHIP FD 2018034 - 2018 |
| 8 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SHERIDAN COMMUNITY FD 2018043 - 2018 |
| 8 May 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 28 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SHERIDAN COMMUNITY FD 2019039 - 2019 |
| 22 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SHERIDAN COMMUNITY FD 2019042 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sidney in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sidney | $200,000 | There were numerous reports of downed trees, limbs and power lines across Montcalm county. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sidney | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Sidney | $5,000 | Three quarters inch diameter hail was reported in Sidney. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sidney | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sidney | $1,000 | Large tree downed across a road in Sidney. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Corner | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Stanton | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Sheridan | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Amsden | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Eureka Place | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Turk Lake | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Entrican | 7.0 miles | 11 | |
| Langston | 7.3 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.
| Wikidata item Q136346936 | 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 637878. 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.