BlockTapiola, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Portage Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49916. The Survey maps it on the Pine Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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 Pelkie quadrangle1:62500, 3 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
- 1984 USGS Pine Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS L'Anse quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Tapiola in 2009, burning about 2 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 burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ASPEN DR |
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 Tapiola: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mica Schist Drill Sample | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect |
Storms near this place
4 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tapiola in 4 storm reports between 2002 and 2026: 3 hail, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Flood | Tapiola | - | Emergency management reported that the road into the Otter Lake Dam was completely submerged by 10 AM on the 18th. Trained spotters reported that the access to the wire weight gauge on the Sturgeon River at Chassell was impossible due to water over Sturgeon River Road. Damage was considered minimal and damage estimates are not available. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Tapiola | - | There was a public report of penny-sized hail observed near Tapiola. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Tapiola | - | 1 inch diameter hail was reported. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Tapiola | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Askel | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Elo | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Champion Mine | 7.9 miles | 19 | |
| Klingville | 8.4 miles | 12 | |
| Painesdale | 8.5 miles | 19 | |
| Chassell | 8.9 miles | 19 | |
| Donken | 9.0 miles | 12 | |
| Stonington | 9.0 miles | 12 |
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 Tapiola | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7684655 | 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 1614595. 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.