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Tekonsha, Michigan

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Tekonsha Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49092. It stands on Tamarack Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tekonsha quadrangle.

Tekonsha within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

9 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Tekonsha between 2019 and 2020, burning about 33 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
Equipment and vehicle use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony1

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
3 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTEKONSHA FD 2019079 - 2019
6 March 2020Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesFREDONIA TOWNSHIP FD 35 - 2020
27 March 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTEKONSHA FD 2019075 - 2019
26 March 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTEKONSHA FD 2019073 - 2019
26 March 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTEKONSHA FD 2019074 - 2019
25 March 2019Equipment and vehicle use25 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTEKONSHA FD 2019072 - 2019
23 March 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTEKONSHA FD 2019067 - 2019
15 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesFREDONIA TOWNSHIP FD 42 - 2020

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Tekonsha: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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
Calhoun Co Pit Cole BrosSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cole Bros Contractors, Inc PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Emil Combs Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Calhoun County

Storms near this place

12 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tekonsha in 12 storm reports between 2001 and 2026: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 6 injuries. 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
October 2001Thunderstorm WindTekonsha6 hurt, $1,000,000no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindTekonsha$100,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in and near Tekonsha.
May 2004HailTekonsha$20,000Law enforcement reported one inch hail in Tekonsha which cracked the windshield of a patrol car.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindTekonsha$20,000Several trees were blown down in Tekonsha, as reported by area law enforcement.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindTekonsha$20,000no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindTekonsha$10,000A tree was blown down across an area road and numerous power lines were also blown down about five miles north of Tekonsha.
May 2001HailTekonsha$10,000Three quarters inch hail was reported in Tekonsha, in Calhoun county.
April 2003HailTekonsha$5,000A severe thunderstorm produced three quarters inch hail 5 miles west of Tekonsha.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindTekonsha$2,000Several eight inch diameter tree limbs and branches were blown down in Tekonsha.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindTekonsha-Exit sign on the highway was blown over.
March 2026Tornado (EF0)Tekonsha-EF-0 tornado with peak winds around 85 mph began |just west of the intersection of P Drive South and 18 1/2 Mile |Road. The damage path ended near N Drive South between 20 Mile |Road and 21 1/2 Mile Road. Several trees were uprooted along the |path, and some unhealthy trunk snaps. There was minor damage to |some structures, including a roof off a chicken coop, and an |exposed farm outbuilding with some walls collapsed and metal roof|material scattered downfield. The end point had an uprooted tree|or two, but also numerous trees that had limbs recently torn off |presumably not associated with the tornado, as the only torn |limbs were those hanging over the road right-of-way.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindTekonsha-Two barns damaged and some brick damage to a chimney of a home.

Every storm recorded in Calhoun 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
Burlington5.1 miles14
Bentleys Corners6.3 miles11
Clarendon6.9 miles12
Wrights Corners7.7 miles11
Eckford9.8 miles12
Homer10.1 miles12
Stanley Corners11.8 miles14
Marshall12.4 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1614666. 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.