New Richmond, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Manlius Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49408. It stands on Mann Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hamilton West quadrangle.
On record in New Richmond
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Fifty-Seventh Street Bridgelisted 1998 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1928 USGS Fennville quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1931 USGS Fennville quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Hamilton West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Holland quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
24 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of New Richmond between 1992 and 2020, burning about 73 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAAFSCHAP FD 2018470 - 2018 |
| 4 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 August 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HAMILTON FD 0000149 - 2018 |
| 21 May 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 May 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 May 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SAUGATUCK TOWNSHIP FD 2018256 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Richmond in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Richmond | - | A trained spotter near New Richmond reported an estimated wind gust to 60 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Saugatuck | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Macks Landing | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Fennville | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Douglas | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Saugatuck | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Oxbow | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Hamilton | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Old Saugatuck | 5.8 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 633336. 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.





