Moddersville, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Holland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49632. The Survey maps it on the Moddersville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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 Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Houghton Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Moddersville quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
26 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Moddersville between 1993 and 2019, burning about 195 acres in total. 1 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 | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kirtlands Warbler National Wildlife Refuge | CLARE #8 |
| 24 July 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MISSAUKEE 09 |
| 4 June 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MISSAUKEE 09 |
| 11 June 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DOLPH RD-MISSAUKEE 03 |
| 22 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MISSAUKEE 07 |
| 21 May 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MISSAUKEE 05 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Moddersville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State of Michigan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moddersville in 2 storm reports between 2002 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moddersville | $5,000 | Several trees down with power outages near Moddersville. Time estimated via radar. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moddersville | - | Several trees down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butterfield | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Dolph | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Prosper | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Vogel Center | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Dinca | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Falmouth | 7.3 miles | 11 | |
| Merritt | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Keelans Corner | 10.4 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122556980 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617725. 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.





