Edenville, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Edenville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48628. It stands on Tobacco River. The Survey maps it on the Edenville quadrangle. It stands 692 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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 Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Edenville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Midland quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
50 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Edenville between 1995 and 2020, burning about 153 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MIDLAND 10 |
| 3 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MIDLAND 08 |
| 27 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MIDLAND 15 |
| 10 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MIDLAND 13 |
| 2 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 July 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.7 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 June 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Edenville: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Brick&Tile Co Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edenville in 12 storm reports between 1997 and 2020: 5 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 flood, 1 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Flash Flood | Edenville | $100,000,000 | The failure of Edenville Dam lead to the failure of the Sanford Dam downstream and historic flooding along the Tittabawassee River as the river stage at Midland reached 35.05 feet on May 20th. Widespread homes and businesses suffered damage. Two bridges were washed away and the highway U.S. 10 bridge was also damaged. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edenville | $500,000 | Numerous large trees down. Boats flipped over on Wixon Lake. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edenville | $75,000 | Trees and power lines were blown. The old Gransden building on M-30 lost part of its roof. A tree fell on a truck in Hope Township. A barn roof was partially blown off causing flat tires to a few motorists. One tree fell on a home. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edenville | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edenville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Flood | Edenville | - | The flooding from the failure of the Edenville and Sanford Dams was slow to recede, with road closures persisting for days. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Edenville | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Edenville | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Edenville | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edenville | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Edenville | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Edenville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hope | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Wrights (historical) | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Francis Grove | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Curtis | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Bombay | 7.3 miles | 13 | |
| North Bradley | 8.4 miles | 13 | |
| Alamando | 8.6 miles | 15 | |
| Sanford | 8.7 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Edenville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5337030 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 625353. 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.





