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The state averages from 30–40 inches (76–102 centimetres) of precipitation annually. Snow cover tends to be intermittent in the southern part of the state, but persistent in northern Lower Michigan and especially in the Upper Peninsula. Michigan USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map. The entire state averages 30 days of thunderstorm activity per year.
This category is for articles pertaining to the geography of the U.S. state of Michigan The main article for this category is Geography of Michigan . For articles on human settlements (cities, towns, villages, and the like), see Category:Populated places in Michigan
A detail from A New Map of Michigan with its Canals, Roads & Distances (1842) by Henry Schenck Tanner, showing Crawford County as "Shawwano" (a misspelling of Shawono, the county's name from 1840 to 1843. [5]) Several nearby counties are also shown with names that would later be changed.
Mears is on the west side of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, 3 miles (5 km) west of Hart, 23 miles (37 km) south of Ludington, and 39 miles (63 km) north of Muskegon. The Mears ZIP code, 49436, includes most of Golden Township as well as small areas of Pentwater Township to the north, Hart Township to the east, and Benona Township to the south.
On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated eight combined statistical areas, 16 metropolitan statistical areas, and 19 micropolitan statistical areas in Michigan. [1] As of 2023, the largest of these was the Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI CSA , comprising the area surrounding Michigan's largest city, Detroit .
At first the department administered rewards to the counties and townships for building roads to state minimum specifications. In 1905, there were 68,000 miles (110,000 km) of roads in Michigan. Of these roads, only 7,700 miles (12,000 km) were improved with gravel and 245 miles (394 km) were macadam. The state's statute labor system was ...
A detail from A New Map of Michigan with its Canals, Roads & Distances (1842) by Henry Schenck Tanner, showing Antrim County during the period when it was named Meegisee County, its name from 1840 to 1843. [7] The name is misspelled as "Negissee" on the map. Several nearby counties are also shown with names that would later be changed.
A detail from A New Map of Michigan with its Canals, Roads & Distances (1842) by Henry Schenck Tanner, showing Osceola County as Unwattin, the county's name from 1840 to 1843. [4] When established by the Michigan Legislature on April 1, 1840, it was named Unwattin County, [4] [5] after Chief Unwattin of the local Ottawa people. [6]