Steuben, Michigan

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Inwood Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49854. It stands on Delias Run. The Survey maps it on the Steuben quadrangle.

Steuben within Schoolcraft 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.

1931 USGS Steuben NW quadrangle1:31680
1958 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Steuben quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1960 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Munising quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1983 USGS Steuben quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

9 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Steuben between 1992 and 2019, burning about 12 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	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Natural	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1
Smoking	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
9 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Hiawatha National Forest	CLEAR LAKE FIRE
30 August 1995	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Hiawatha National Forest	not named
27 August 2011	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Hiawatha National Forest	HUT LAKE
22 August 1998	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Hiawatha National Forest	DOUBLE OAR
13 July 2006	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Hiawatha National Forest	SUMMER HEAT
7 May 2000	Natural	under an acre	Hiawatha National Forest	DEAD SNAG
6 May 1992	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Hiawatha National Forest	not named
3 May 1997	Smoking	under an acre	Hiawatha National Forest	SAND LAKE

Every fire recorded in Schoolcraft County

Storms near this place

17 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Steuben in 17 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 11 thunderstorm wind, 6 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 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Steuben	$500,000	A WFO Marquette storm survey team observed widespread microburst damage around Straits Lake in Schoolcraft County on the evening of the 10th. Significant tree damage was observed, including uprooted and snapped large pine trees. In addition, multiple trees had fallen on some structures and vehicles.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Steuben	$40,000	A microburst struck Indian River Campground southeast of Steuben in Schoolcraft County on the afternoon of the 14th. Over 50 large trees were snapped or uprooted over a 300 x 200 yard area. Maximum wind speeds were estimated at 85 mph. Fortunately, all of the campsites were empty at the time of the storm.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Steuben	-	One tree down on Triangle Lake.
August 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Steuben	-	Awnings blown off campers. Trees down.
August 2004	Hail	Steuben	-	Nickel sized hail was reported.
July 2003	Hail	Steuben	-	Three-quarter inch hail was reported.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Steuben	-	Several large trees were uprooted.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Steuben	-	A 10 inch diameter tree branch was broken off.
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Steuben	-	A one foor diameter tree was blown down.
June 2001	Hail	Steuben	-	Dime sized hail.
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Steuben	-	Large tree down across the road.
June 2001	Hail	Steuben	-	Quarter sized hail.
May 2001	Hail	Steuben	-	2 inch hail.
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Steuben	-	Two trees down, one over the main highway.
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Steuben	-	12 to 18 inch diameter trees down.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Steuben	-	large trees down across highway 94
July 1997	Hail	Steuben	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Schoolcraft 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Hiawatha	11.4 miles	11
Richardsons Mill	12.3 miles	11
Pines	14.1 miles	12
Creighton	14.5 miles	12
Ossawinamakee Beach	15.7 miles	8
Elkhorn	16.3 miles	8
Harrison Beach	16.5 miles	8
Copenhagen Beach	16.5 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1623744. 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.