Waucedah, Michigan
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Waucedah Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49892. It stands on Cheney Creek. The Survey maps it on the Waucedah quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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 Escanaba quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Foster City quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Waucedah quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
38 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Waucedah between 1992 and 2019, burning about 98 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORWAY VFD 201957 - 2019 |
| 7 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 July 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRAY FIELD |
| 30 June 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DICKINSON 0002 |
| 3 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORWAY VFD 201942 - 2019 |
| 8 May 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.7 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 May 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Waucedah: 6 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 of Michigan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Appleton Iron Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Breen Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1849, 1877, 1907 | |
| Emmett Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1849, 1878, 1884 | |
| Loretto Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1849, 1893, 1940 | |
| Sturgeon Prospect | Iron | Prospect | 1849, 1925 | |
| Tom's Iron Shaft | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Turners Exploration | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Verona | Iron | Past Producer | 1849, 1900, 1904 |
Storms near this place
1 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waucedah in 1 storm report in 1995: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waucedah | - | Many trees down north of U.S. 2 and along M-69 for 10 miles. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loretto | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Vulcan | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Norway | 8.6 miles | 11 | |
| Quinnesec | 13.2 miles | 11 | |
| Foster City | 13.8 miles | 9 | |
| Hylas | 13.8 miles | 9 | |
| Hardwood | 14.0 miles | 9 | |
| White Birch Estates | 15.4 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.
| Wikipedia article on Waucedah | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q122593113 | 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 1625069. 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.





