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Winn, Michigan

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Fremont Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48896. The Survey maps it on the Winn quadrangle.

Winn within Isabella County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

30 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Winn between 1994 and 2020, burning about 130 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning3
Natural3
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesFREMONT TOWNSHIP FD 2019-21 - 2019
24 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSHEPHERD TRI-TOWNSHIP FD 0018428 - 2018
15 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesFREMONT TOWNSHIP FD 2020-26 - 2020
4 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesFREMONT TOWNSHIP FD 2020-22 - 2020
16 June 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesFREMONT TOWNSHIP FD 2020-20 - 2020
4 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesFREMONT TOWNSHIP FD 2020-14 - 2020
4 May 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesFREMONT TOWNSHIP FD 2018-22 - 2018
31 May 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDEERFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0000025 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Isabella County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Winn: 2 producers. 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
Deerfield PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dyer Company Portable Plant No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Isabella County

Storms near this place

11 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Winn in 11 storm reports between 1997 and 2021: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. 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
June 2017FloodWinn$70,000,000The Isabella County Road Commission reported that at one point over 100 roads across portions of Isabella county in and around Mount Pleasant were closed due to flooding. A mesonet station near Mt. Pleasant reported that 6.88 inches of rain fell from June 22nd into the early morning hours of June 23rd. The flooding resulted in over 90 million dollars worth of property damage. Numerous homes sustained flooding damage and the United States Department of Agriculture estimated that 21 million dollars worth of crop damage was incurred. A state of emergency was declared for Isabella county.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindWinn$100,000Numerous trees were blown down and signs were ripped off some buildings.
July 2008Flash FloodWinn$100,000Law enforcement from Isabella county reported that a washout occurred on Green Road near Pleasant Valley road, where approximately one hundred feet of roadway was under three feet of water. Numerous reports of flooded intersections and washed out roads were received from across the county due to as much as 6.34 inches of rain that was reported in a short time period.
June 2003HailWinn$25,000A severe thunderstorm produced one and three quarters inch diameter hail in Winn.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindWinn$15,000Straight-line winds blew down a barn along Fremont Road in Rolland Township. Large pieces of sheet metal from the barn could be found nearly 3/4 mile to the north.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindWinn$5,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindWinn$1,000Large tree downed in Winn.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindWinn-The Isabella county emergency manager reported that a roof was blown off a pole barn just southwest of Winn.
May 2011HailWinn-A supercell thunderstorm tracked from west southwest to east northeast across southern Isabella county, producing several reports of large hail up to an inch and a half in diameter three to four miles east of Mt. Pleasant. A trained spotter in Winn estimated the storm produced wind gusts of 65 to 75 mph along with one inch diameter hail.
September 2011HailWinn-An Isabella county official reported 1.75 inch diameter hail two miles east of Winn.
January 2008HailWinn-One and a half inch diameter hail was reported in Winn.

Every storm recorded in Isabella 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
Strickland4.0 miles10
Rolland Center5.0 miles15
Deerfield Center5.1 miles15
Crawford6.1 miles15
Two Rivers7.5 miles15
Broomfield Center8.3 miles11
Mount Pleasant8.8 miles15
Blanchard9.5 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1616636. 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.