Trenary, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1958 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Mathias Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49891. It stands on Scott Creek. The Survey maps it on the Trenary quadrangle. It stands 869 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1958 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Trenary quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Munising quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Trenary quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Trenary between 1995 and 2020, burning about 49 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 | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MATHIS TOWNSHIP FD 0000720 - 2020 |
| 28 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MATHIS TOWNSHIP FD 0000519 - 2019 |
| 10 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 47 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Trenary: 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 Pit # 65 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trenary in 15 storm reports between 1997 and 2021: 10 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trenary | $100,000 | Barn destroyed, killing a bull inside, trees down. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Trenary | - | Social media report of one-inch diameter hail at Trenary. The time of the report was estimated by the radar. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Trenary | - | There was a public report of one and a half inch diameter hail near Trenary. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Trenary | - | There was a picture of near golf ball sized hail near Trenary via social media. The hail fell for about twenty minutes. Strong winds were also observed. |
| December 2015 | Heavy Rain | Trenary | - | Observers across Alger County measured two-day rainfall totals between two and three inches with the highest totals generally over the western half of the county. |
| September 2014 | Heavy Rain | Trenary | - | There was a public report of 2.2 inches of rainfall in Trenary in less than eight hours. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Trenary | - | There were several reports of dime to quarter-sized hail in Trenary. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Trenary | - | Hail was estimated to be between nickel and quarter size. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trenary | - | Numerous trees down on Forest Highway H05. Trees blocked north and south bound lanes and stranded vehicles betweeen the trees. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trenary | - | Numerous trees down on Highway US-41. One lane of the highway was blocked. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Trenary | - | Penny sized hail was reported. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Trenary | - | Quarter sized hail was reported on Highway U.S. 41. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Trenary | - | Quarter sized hail. |
| June 2000 | Hail | Trenary | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Trenary | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diffin | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Traunik | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Limestone | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Mantila Camp | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Kiva | 7.3 miles | 11 | |
| Ladoga | 7.5 miles | 11 | |
| Chatham | 10.7 miles | 11 | |
| Eben Junction | 11.0 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122545116 | 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 1621941. 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.






