BlockNew Greenleaf, Michigan
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Greenleaf Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48726. It stands on Greenleaf Creek. The Survey maps it on the New Greenleaf quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Flint quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS New Greenleaf quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of New Greenleaf in 2005, burning about 36 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 36 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of New Greenleaf: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanilac County Road Commission Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Tuscola County Road Commission Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Greenleaf in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2015: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 1999 | Lightning | New Greenleaf | $45,000 | Lightning-induced fires caused two barns to burn to the ground. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Greenleaf | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Greenleaf | $8,000 | A local newspaper included pictures of several small trees uprooted at a residence along Cleland Road in northwest Sanilac County. Two barn roofs also sustained some damage. A strong downburst, associated with a pulse severe thunderstorm, generated wind gusts estimated at 65 MPH in a localized area. Property damage was estimated by owner at around $8K. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Greenleaf | $5,000 | Trees reported down. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Greenleaf | - | Large tree limbs down. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Greenleaf | - | An eight inch diameter tree was reported down. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Greenleaf | - | A trained spotter reported large tree branches 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wickware | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Cumber | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Austin Center | 7.9 miles | 10 | |
| Freidberger | 8.9 miles | 10 | |
| Shabbona | 9.1 miles | 8 | |
| Tyre | 10.0 miles | 9 | |
| Argyle | 10.1 miles | 10 | |
| Laing | 12.4 miles | 10 |
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 Q122594404 | 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 1617738. 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.