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Wilson, Michigan

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Harris Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49896. It stands on Wilson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wilson quadrangle. It stands 794 feet above sea level.

Wilson within Menominee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 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

36 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Wilson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 79 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1

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 August 2001Debris and open burning3.4 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSPRING CREEK
15 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSPALDING TOWNSHIP FD 22 - 2020
7 May 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.4 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBELLY-FULL
26 May 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresMichigan Agency004
17 May 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTREE FARM
13 May 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan AgencyDEER RIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Menominee County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wilson: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Menominee County Piche PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Menominee County

Storms near this place

14 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilson in 14 storm reports between 1999 and 2020: 8 hail, 6 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2020Thunderstorm WindWilson$8,000There was a report of a car window smashed through with a tree and a silo leaning sideways due to thunderstorm winds near Wilson.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindWilson$4,000A 10-foot by 20-foot horse shelter was blown down and tossed 50 feet near Wilson. Power was also knocked out in the area due to fallen trees on power lines.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindWilson$2,000There was a report of multiple trees down in Wilson.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindWilson$1,000About one-quarter of a mile of County Road 400 was blocked by tree debris near Wilson Creek. The time of the report was estimated from radar.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindWilson$500There was a report of a road blocked by a downed tree near Wilson. The time of the report was estimated from radar.
July 2020HailWilson-There was a report of nickel-sized hail at Wilson. Time of the report was estimated from radar.
May 2018HailWilson-The spotter near Wilson reported that hail fell for eight minutes, ranging in size from one inch in diameter to golf ball sized.
September 2015HailWilson-The Menominee County Sheriff observed dime sized hail in Wilson.
September 2015HailWilson-The Hannahville Tribal Police Department reported dime sized hail.
September 2015HailWilson-A spotter just east of Wilson measured one inch diameter hail.
May 2002HailWilson-Three quarter inch diameter hail was reported.
October 2002Thunderstorm WindWilson-Tree branches as large as 12 inches in diameter were broken off.
May 2008HailWilson-no account filed
July 1999HailWilson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Menominee 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
Houle2.2 miles7
Indiantown3.2 miles7
Spalding3.9 miles7
Powers4.8 miles7
Harris4.9 miles9
Hannahville6.1 miles9
Eustis6.6 miles9
Gourley7.6 miles7

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 WilsonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8022934The 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 1616553. 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.