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Cedar River, Michigan

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Cedarville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49887. It stands on Cedar River. The Survey maps it on the Cedar River quadrangle.

Cedar River within Menominee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

8 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Cedar River between 1994 and 2012, burning about 17 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
2 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.2 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesONE MONKEY
18 August 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGHOST
3 July 1995Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 May 2003Recreation and ceremony5.3 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 May 1994Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.4 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBRIDGE
12 April 2004Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 October 2001Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

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 Cedar River: 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
State of Michigan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Menominee County

Storms near this place

15 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cedar River in 15 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 9 thunderstorm wind, 6 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
July 2019Thunderstorm WindCedar River$5,000Trees were snapped and uprooted with sporadic coverage across J.W. Wells State Park. The beach at the park was closed due to power line and tree damage. Tree sizes varied from six inches to two to three feet in diameter.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindCedar River$3,000A called-in report of trees down on Highway M-35 just north of Cedar River.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindCedar River$3,000Law enforcement reported numerous trees down along Highway M-35 four miles southwest of Cedar River.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindCedar River$1,000Facebook report from Cedar River of a tree down on a private driveway along with a power outage. Time of the report was estimated from radar.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindCedar River$1,000There was a delayed report of a metal shed blown 50 feet into the woods near Cedar River.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindCedar River$1,000Two large trees were knocked down on road G12 one mile southwest of Cedar River.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindCedar River$500A public report from mPING of 1-inch tree limbs broken in the Cedar River area. Time of the report was estimated from radar.
August 2017HailCedar River-There was a delayed report of significant amounts of dime to nickel sized hail with a few stones up to quarter size. Hail drifts of six inches were observed with some hail on the ground the next morning.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCedar River-The spotter seven miles northwest of Cedar River reported a 6-7 inch diameter tree limb downed from the storm.
September 2010HailCedar River-Hail was reported by the State Police trooper along Highway M-35.
July 2006HailCedar River-Hail lasted for five minutes.
August 2004HailCedar River-Quarter sized hail was reported.
April 2002HailCedar River-1 inch diameter hail was reported.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindCedar River-A thunderstorm moving through Menominee County caused wind damage and blew some trees over on Deadman's Point, just north of Cedar River at about 1610 EST. Reported by Jan Nash, the wife of storm spotter, Captain Jim Nash.
July 2006HailCedar River-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
Fox5.7 miles9
Arthur Bay8.3 miles9
Beach Grove8.9 miles9
Palestine9.5 miles8
Johnson Landing11.2 miles9
Gourley13.2 miles7
Stephenson13.4 miles8
Ingalls13.8 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 622945. 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.