BlockLong Rapids, Michigan
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Long Rapids Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49753. It stands on Gaffney Creek. The Survey maps it on the Polaski quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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 Alpena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Polaski quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
24 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Long Rapids between 1993 and 2020, burning about 86 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.8 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 July 2002 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 June 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALPENA 0009 |
| 24 June 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 May 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALPENA 0005 |
| 24 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALPENA 03 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Long Rapids in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2007: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Rapids | $30,000 | Large trees, limbs, and power lines were downed. A garage, a shed, and a flatbed truck were all destroyed by falling trees. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Rapids | $3,000 | Numerous thunderstorms moved across Northern Lower Michigan in the evening. Only one became severe, downing trees on Maple Lane near M-65. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Rapids | $2,000 | A large tree was downed across a road. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Rapids | - | Large tree limbs were downed. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Long Rapids | - | Strong thunderstorm winds toppled numerous trees and utility poles between Bolton and Cathro. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Long Rapids | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Long Rapids | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Long Rapids | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 630997. 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.