Winona, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Elm River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49965. The Survey maps it on the Winona South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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 Winona quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Winona South quadrangle1:25000
- 1991 USGS L'Anse quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Winona South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Winona between 1995 and 2010, burning about 1 acre in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RAINSTORM |
| 27 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 July 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 June 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 May 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLEAR LAKE FIRE |
| 2 April 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | COUNTY LINE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Winona: 12 past producers, 3 producers, 2 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Hocking Constr Co Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Houghton Co Road Commission Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Houghton Co Road Commission Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Winona Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Algonquin Mine | Copper | Past Producer | 1847 | |
| Cherokee Mine | Copper | Past Producer | 1864, 1917 | |
| Eagle Exploration | Copper | Prospect | 1853, 1866 | |
| Elm River Mine | Copper | Past Producer | 1899, 1906 | |
| King Philip Cu Mine | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| King Philip Mine | Copper | Past Producer | Secondary Enrichment |
Storms near this place
1 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Winona in 1 storm report in 2006: 1 hail. 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 2006 | Hail | Winona | - | A camp sustained hail damage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyandotte | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Lake Roland | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Twin Lakes | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Donken | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| White | 8.6 miles | 12 | |
| Stonington | 9.5 miles | 12 | |
| Nisula | 9.6 miles | 12 | |
| Alston | 11.0 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1622185. 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.







