BlockMaple Ridge, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Clayton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48766. The Survey maps it on the Prescott 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 Tawas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Prescott quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
61 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Maple Ridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 652 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.3 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 August 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.8 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 18 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 July 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | STERLING AREA FD 1418046 - 2018 |
| 8 May 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARENAC 02 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maple Ridge in 7 storm reports between 2010 and 2022: 6 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maple Ridge | $18,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were downed in northern Arenac County. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maple Ridge | $16,000 | Fifteen to twenty-five large trees were snapped off or uprooted. A swing set was destroyed by a falling tree. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maple Ridge | $5,000 | Several large trees were downed. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maple Ridge | $3,000 | A number of power poles were downed in the north end of Arenac County. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maple Ridge | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were downed. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Maple Ridge | - | Report of 1 inch hail. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maple Ridge | - | Emergency manager estimates 60 mph wind gusts. |
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 631483. 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.