National City, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Sherman Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48748. The Survey maps it on the National City quadrangle. It stands 676 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 11 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
- 1966 USGS National City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
58 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of National City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 199 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | RANGER |
| 29 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | SCHALT |
| 27 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | WHITE ROCK |
| 19 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | GYPSUM |
| 19 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TAWAS CITY FD 0000075 - 2019 |
| 1 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | LOOK |
| 5 July 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Huron-Manistee National Forest | NATIONAL |
| 28 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WHITTEMORE VFD 0000029 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of National City: 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tawas City Western Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Michigan Gypsum Pit & Mill | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | 1960 | |
| Michigan Gypsum Pit and Mill | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| National City Quarry | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | 1925 | |
| National Pit & Mill | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Natl Gypsum Co Pit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Tawas Quarry | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | 1950 |
Storms near this place
4 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names National City in 4 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 3 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | National City | $15,000 | A tree was downed onto a truck. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | National City | $5,000 | Trees and large tree limbs were downed. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | National City | $2,000 | Public report of a tree blown down on top of a structure. |
| May 2000 | Hail | National City | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| McIvor | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| White Rock | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Turtle | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Hemlock | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Whittemore | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Meadow | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Sand Lake | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Alabaster Junction | 8.5 miles | 11 |
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 Q136346738 | 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 633225. 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.



