BlockSigma, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Oliver Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49646. It stands on Sand Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sigma 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 Sigma quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
37 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Sigma between 1992 and 2020, burning about 136 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | KALKASKA 13 - JOHNSON LK RD |
| 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 |
| 10 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.1 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 July 2014 | Debris and open burning | 4.6 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | KALKASKA 0005 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sigma: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State of Michigan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sigma in 3 storm reports between 1995 and 2018: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sigma | $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. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sigma | $2,000 | A pair of large trees were downed. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Sigma | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 637890. 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.