Eureka, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Greenbush Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48879. The Survey maps it on the Saint Johns North quadrangle. 233 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 725 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1918 USGS Perrinton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Perrinton quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS St. Johns North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Alma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Eureka between 2018 and 2020, burning about 68 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ST JOHNS FD 0003742 - 2018 |
| 2 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ST JOHNS FD 0003928 - 2019 |
| 3 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ST JOHNS FD 0003690 - 2018 |
| 8 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MAPLE RAPIDS VFD 23 - 2020 |
| 29 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ST JOHNS FD 0003687 - 2018 |
| 1 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 61 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRATIOT 01 |
| 24 March 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ASHLEY VFD 0019040 - 2019 |
| 12 January 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MAPLE RAPIDS VFD 3 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Eureka: 4 producers, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Strause Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| American Excavating Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Karber Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Martin Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Standard Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eureka in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | $50,000 | Numerous trees were blown down across Clinton county. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | $10,000 | There were six reports of downed trees across roads and several clusters of power outages north of St. John's. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | $2,500 | Several large tree branches downed in Eureka. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duplain | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Elsie | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Saint Johns | 7.5 miles | 14 | |
| Shepardsville | 8.3 miles | 14 | |
| Maple Rapids | 9.4 miles | 14 | |
| Ovid | 10.1 miles | 14 | |
| Price | 12.2 miles | 14 | |
| Fowler | 13.9 miles | 14 |
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 Eureka | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q108415754 | 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 625657. 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.







