BlockGardendale, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Fort Gratiot Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48059. The Survey maps it on the Lakeport quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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 Flint quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Lakeport quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Croswell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
27 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Gardendale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 26 acres in total. 4 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLYDE TOWNSHIP FD 098 - 2019 |
| 17 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PORT HURON FD 2223 - 2019 |
| 13 August 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PORT HURON FD 2176 - 2019 |
| 6 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FORT GRATIOT FD 653 - 2020 |
| 25 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PORT HURON TOWNSHIP FD 607 - 2020 |
| 5 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PORT HURON TOWNSHIP FD 476 - 2020 |
| 20 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FORT GRATIOT FD 595 - 2020 |
| 14 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PORT HURON FD 0001515 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gardendale in 5 storm reports between 2004 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Gardendale | $50,000 | A tornado touched down and damaged a strip mall on Krafft Road and 24th Avenue in Fort Gratiot. Damage was reported across a 1.5 mile area stretching from Sapphire Lane and Krafft Road to the Lowe's home improvement store on 24th Avenue. Six to 10 homes had shingles or siding torn off or other minor damage. About 24 cars were damaged at the shopping center. A construction trailer in the parking lot of the Mercy Village retirement community was blown over, and the vinyl-siding ripped from the west side of the building. Trees were also uprooted along the path of the tornado. No injuries were reported. |
| September 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardendale | $40,000 | Two dozen trees uprooted and blown over, as well as sheared at the top. Three trees fell onto homes, and two homes suffered roof damage. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardendale | - | Several trees reported blown down. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardendale | - | Numerous trees reported down. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Gardendale | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keewahdin | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| Wadhams | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Atkins | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Tappan | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Lakeport | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Sparlingville | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| West Tappan | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Port Huron | 5.9 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1624556. 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.
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.