BlockWellsville, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Palmyra Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49268. It stands on Pope Drain. The Survey maps it on the Tecumseh South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1939 USGS Blissfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Blissfield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Tecumseh South quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Wellsville between 2019 and 2020, burning about 4 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/undetermined | 4 |
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 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PALMYRA TOWNSHIP FD 94 - 2019 |
| 8 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RIDGEWAY TOWNSHIP FD 0000075 - 2019 |
| 7 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RAISIN TOWNSHIP FD 0000114 - 2019 |
| 9 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PALMYRA TOWNSHIP FD 220 - 2020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wellsville: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atkin's Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Bliss's Coal Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wellsville in 1 storm report in 2024: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellsville | - | Trees uprooted and downed along Pixley Road near Rogers Highway. Two barns also destroyed, along with wires down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lenawee Junction | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Palmyra | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Blissfield | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Holloway | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Raisin Center | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Deerfield | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Riga | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Ogden | 6.8 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617927. 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.