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Yuma, Michigan

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Springville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49668. The Survey maps it on the Yuma quadrangle.

Yuma within Wexford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

47 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Yuma between 1992 and 2020, burning about 142 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Debris and open burning8
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony6
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes1

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
5 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestHATMAN #1
11 September 2002Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSPRINGVILLE TOWNSHIP FD ST19051 - 2019
8 July 2020Other causes5.7 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWEXFORD 03 - XMAS FIRE
2 July 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestFISH HATCHERY
8 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestSUSPENSION BRIDGE
5 June 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreHuron-Manistee National ForestLITTLE FAWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wexford County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Yuma: 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silica, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fellers' Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Prospect
Wexford Sand Co.SilicaProducerSedimentary
Yuma Pit and MillSilicaProducer

Every working recorded in Wexford County

Storms near this place

1 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yuma in 1 storm report in 2022: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2022HailYuma-Hail report from mping.

Every storm recorded in Wexford 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
Harrietta3.9 miles12
Mesick4.6 miles12
Bagnall5.6 miles12
Glengary5.6 miles12
Sherman6.2 miles12
Harlan8.3 miles12
Garletts Corner9.0 miles14
Boon9.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1622227. 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.