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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.

Kipling within Delta County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 9 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

73 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined25
Debris and open burning24
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony4
Fireworks2
Other causes2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1
Smoking1

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
5 September 1998Other causesunder an acreHiawatha National ForestGARTH
8 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresHiawatha National ForestEAST POINT
4 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined90 acresHiawatha National ForestSTONINGTON
26 August 2020Naturalunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPINE BLUFF
24 August 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 August 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHiawatha National ForestCORRAL
1 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesRAPID RIVER TRUCK STOP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delta County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bichler QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Read 150-BLimestone, GeneralProducerSedimentary
Bichler Gravel & Concrete Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
City of Escanaba PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Delta Co PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gladstone PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Holmberg PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jaeger PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Payne & Dolan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Delta County

Storms near this place

5 since 2008

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2015HailKipling$15,000Ping pong sized hail caused damage to vehicles near Gladstone. Time of the report was estimated from radar.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindKipling$8,000There were reports of downed trees and power lines around the Gladstone and Rapid River areas. Time of the report was estimated from radar.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindKipling$100Several one to two-inch diameter tree limbs were reported down.
July 2016Heavy RainKipling-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 2015HailKipling-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.

Every storm recorded in Delta 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
Gladstone1.5 miles9
Chaison2.8 miles9
Maywood2.9 miles9
Masonville3.0 miles10
West Gladstone3.5 miles9
Garth3.8 miles10
Rapid River4.4 miles10
Lake Bluff4.8 miles9

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.