Kipling, Michigan
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Brampton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49837. It lies near Butlers Island. The Survey maps it on the Gladstone quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1932 USGS Gladstone SE quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Gladstone quadrangle1:62500
- 1982 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Gladstone quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
73 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Kipling between 1992 and 2020, burning about 410 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1998 | Other causes | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | GARTH |
| 8 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Hiawatha National Forest | EAST POINT |
| 4 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 90 acres | Hiawatha National Forest | STONINGTON |
| 26 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PINE BLUFF |
| 24 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | CORRAL |
| 1 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RAPID RIVER TRUCK STOP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Kipling: 9 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bichler Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Read 150-B | Limestone, General | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Bichler Gravel & Concrete Co Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| City of Escanaba Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Delta Co Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gladstone Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Holmberg Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Jaeger Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Payne & Dolan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kipling in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2017: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 2015 | Hail | Kipling | $15,000 | Ping pong sized hail caused damage to vehicles near Gladstone. Time of the report was estimated from radar. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kipling | $8,000 | There were reports of downed trees and power lines around the Gladstone and Rapid River areas. Time of the report was estimated from radar. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kipling | $100 | Several one to two-inch diameter tree limbs were reported down. |
| July 2016 | Heavy Rain | Kipling | - | The observer southwest of Brampton observed a strong thunderstorm which dropped more than two and a half inches of heavy rain in 45 minutes and produced wind gusts between 30 to 35 mph. The wind knocked small tree branches down, and the heavy rain resulted in widespread standing water around the local area. Small hail was also observed for about ten minutes. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Kipling | - | Ping pong sized hailstones stripped leaves and small branches off trees near Rapid River. The report was relayed via pictures from social media and the time was estimated from radar. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gladstone | 1.5 miles | 9 | |
| Chaison | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Maywood | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Masonville | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| West Gladstone | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Garth | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Rapid River | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Lake Bluff | 4.8 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1620439. 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.






