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Ida, Michigan

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Ida Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48140. It stands on Wittkop Drain. The Survey maps it on the Ida quadrangle.

Ida within Monroe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

31 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Ida between 2018 and 2020, burning about 114 acres in total. 3 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 use16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
11 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBEDFORD FD 0001898 - 2018
17 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDUNDEE TOWNSHIP FD 499 - 2020
26 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDUNDEE TOWNSHIP FD 444 - 2020
21 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesIDA TOWNSHIP VFD 258 - 2020
15 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesIDA TOWNSHIP VFD 251 - 2020
9 June 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesIDA TOWNSHIP VFD 219 - 2019
7 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDUNDEE TOWNSHIP FD 0000331 - 2018
6 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSUMMERFIELD TOWNSHIP VFD 147 - 2020

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Ida: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, 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
Otter Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
R. W. Sidley-Conneaut PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Grape QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ida Quarry- Plant & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this place

14 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ida in 14 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 12 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
June 1998Thunderstorm WindIda$5,000no account filed
August 2021Thunderstorm WindIda-Over 40 trees reported down.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindIda-Trees and tree limbs reported down.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindIda-Multiple large tree limbs reported down.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindIda-A ten inch diameter tree reported down.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindIda-Trees down.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindIda-Trained spotter estimated a wind gust to 60 MPH.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindIda-Large tree limbs were reported blown down.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindIda-Public reported a tree blown down.
November 2001Thunderstorm WindIda-Law enforcement reported that a large tree had been blown down.
June 2015HailIda-no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindIda-no account filed
November 2013Thunderstorm WindIda-no account filed
June 2011HailIda-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Monroe 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
Lulu2.9 miles18
Ida Center3.1 miles19
Diann3.7 miles16
Strasburg3.8 miles18
Grape4.1 miles18
Yargerville5.5 miles19
Dundee5.6 miles16
Hillcrest Orchard6.7 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 628919. 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.