BlockPaulding, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Haight Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49912. It stands on Paulding Creek. The Survey maps it on the Paulding quadrangle. It stands 1,358 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1952 USGS Watersmeet quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Paulding quadrangle1:25000
- 1990 USGS Wakefield quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Paulding quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Paulding between 2003 and 2017, burning about 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 June 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Ottawa National Forest | SHAMROCK |
| 30 May 2010 | Fireworks | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | BLUE MATTRESS |
| 25 May 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | OVERNIGHTER FIRE |
| 14 May 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.1 acres | Ottawa National Forest | E6 FIRE |
| 8 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | BOND FALLS |
| 28 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ottawa National Forest | PAULDING |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Paulding in 15 storm reports between 1997 and 2021: 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paulding | $4,000 | Multiple trees were reported down in Paulding. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paulding | $3,000 | Trees reported down across town...dimension of trees unknown. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paulding | $1,000 | There were social media reports of a few spruce trees knocked down in Paulding. The time of the delayed report was estimated from radar. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paulding | $1,000 | A poplar and spruce tree were reported down across the street of the Running Bear Resort and from nearby trails. Other trees were reported down, but were cleared off the road before being observed by reporter. Timing of the wind damage report was estimated from radar. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paulding | $1,000 | The observer in Paulding reported via social media that a sign was damaged at the COOP site there. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paulding | $1,000 | Trees were downed onto a power line. No specifics were known on the diameter or the timing of the event. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Paulding | - | The observer reported nickel-sized hail in Paulding. |
| May 2017 | Heavy Rain | Paulding | - | The observer in Paulding measured nearly two and half inches of rain in 24 hours. |
| September 2014 | Heavy Rain | Paulding | - | Rainfall totals between 1.5 and 3.5 inches were reported across Gogebic County from the evening of the 9th through the afternoon of the 10th...heaviest near the Bruce Crossing area. |
| October 2012 | Heavy Rain | Paulding | - | Locations throughout Ontonagon County measured between two to three inches of rainfall during the event. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paulding | - | Two large trees were reported down across Bond Falls Road east of Paulding. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paulding | - | Four to five-inch diameter trees down at Bond Falls Campground. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Paulding | - | Penny sized hail was reported. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Paulding | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paulding | - | 12 inch diameter tree downed at Bond Falls. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robbins | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Sleepy Hollow | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Craigsmere | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Calderwood | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Agate | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| Paynesville | 9.1 miles | 12 | |
| Bruce Crossing | 9.2 miles | 13 | |
| Gem | 9.5 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Paulding | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7154814 | 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 1621164. 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.