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Skandia, Michigan

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1985. It lies in ZIP code area 49885. It stands on West Branch Nelson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Skandia quadrangle. It stands 896 feet above sea level.

Skandia within Marquette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

7 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Skandia between 1992 and 2019, burning about 4 acres in total. None 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 burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
31 July 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHAY FIRE
2 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSKANDIA-WEST BRANCH FD 0000015 - 2019
9 May 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 May 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMARQUETTE 0002
10 May 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 April 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHOLY SMOKE
29 April 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marquette County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Skandia: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lawson Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Marquette County

Storms near this place

12 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Skandia in 12 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 8 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2015Heavy RainSkandia$30,000Heavy rain may have contributed to a fatal head-on accident which occurred in Skandia on the morning of the 27th. The Marquette County Sheriff's Department reported the accident which occurred just before 7 am EST on the 27th near the north intersection of Kreiger Road with US Highway 41 in Skandia. A SUV driven by 24-year old Gwinn man crossed the center line of US Highway 41 and collided with an oncoming semi truck. The Gwinn man was transported to UP Health System in Marquette and was later pronounced dead. The driver of the semi truck was not injured in the crash.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindSkandia$2,000Law enforcement reported a tree down on an arcing power line along Beckman Road in Skandia.
June 2014HailSkandia-Nickel-sized hail was reported at Skandia.
August 2013HailSkandia-Penny-sized hail was observed near Skandia.
July 2010HailSkandia-Very heavy rain along with 25 to 30 mph wind gusts were also reported.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindSkandia-Large tree branches were broken off.
July 2003HailSkandia-Quarter sized hail was reported.
July 2003HailSkandia-Quarter sized hail was reported
August 2002HailSkandia-Quarter sized hail was reported.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindSkandia-8 inch diameter trees up-rooted.
May 2007HailSkandia-no account filed
June 2007HailSkandia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marquette County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Skandia Station1.6 miles11
Yalmar2.0 miles11
New Dalton2.4 miles11
Selma3.3 miles11
Green Garden4.7 miles14
Carlshend4.7 miles11
Dukes4.9 miles11
Mangum5.7 miles14

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 SkandiaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q122559883The 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 638045. 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.