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Nunica, Michigan

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Crockery Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49448. It stands on Brandy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nunica quadrangle.

Nunica within Ottawa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

31 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Nunica between 1992 and 2020, burning about 43 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/undetermined14
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
13 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCROCKERY TOWNSHIP FD 19385 - 2019
5 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCROCKERY TOWNSHIP FD 19351 - 2019
7 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.4 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSPRING LAKE TOWNSHIP FD 202331 - 2020
17 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOTTAWA 01
15 July 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 July 1992Debris and open burning2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 June 1994Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ottawa County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Nunica: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Construction Aggregates Corp PitClayPast Producer
Rieth-Riley Constr. Aggregate PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ottawa County

Storms near this place

3 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nunica in 3 storm reports between 1997 and 2007: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 1998LightningNunica$60,000The Muskegon Chronicle reported that lightning struck the roof of a brick house at 10048 State St. in Nunica at 4:45 pm EDT. No one was injured in the blaze that ensued. Damage to the home was estimated at $45,000 and the fire destroyed about $15,000 worth of the family's belongings.
September 1997Thunderstorm WindNunica$5,000Trees and power lines were downed in Nunica.
July 2007HailNunica-Three quarters inch diameter hail was reported 3 miles northeast of Nunica.

Every storm recorded in Ottawa County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Ottawa Center4.0 miles10
Dennison4.3 miles13
Clark Corners5.7 miles12
Robinson6.5 miles11
Snug Harbor6.6 miles12
Spring Lake6.9 miles12
Coopersville7.1 miles13
Eastmanville7.3 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 633785. 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.