BlockBefore

Wahjamega, Michigan

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Indianfields Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48723. The Survey maps it on the Caro quadrangle.

Wahjamega within Tuscola County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

12 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Wahjamega between 1992 and 2019, burning about 18 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
7 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCARO FD 0000153 - 2018
30 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesFAIRGROVE FD 0003419 - 2019
3 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCARO FD 0000134 - 2018
6 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCARO FD 0000117 - 2018
15 June 1992Debris and open burning2.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 May 2018Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesVASSAR FD 0822018 - 2018
19 May 1996Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 May 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCARO FD 0000068 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuscola County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Wahjamega: 4 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 4 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
Peterhans Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sargent Sand Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Tuscola County Road Commission PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tuscola County Road Commission PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tuscola County Road Commission PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Washburn Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Tuscola County

Storms near this place

4 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wahjamega in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2022: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
August 2022Thunderstorm WindWahjamega-Multiple trees reported down.
August 2022Tornado (EF0)Wahjamega-Emergency management reported a several trees blocking the M24 and State Route 46 intersection.
August 2015HailWahjamega-no account filed
March 2012HailWahjamega-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tuscola 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
Caro3.3 miles11
Watrousville4.4 miles10
Fairgrove7.2 miles9
Juniata7.4 miles10
Karrs Corner7.5 miles10
Daytona Branch7.9 miles9
Dayton8.1 miles9
Akron8.7 miles9

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 Q122571949The 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 1617916. 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.