BlockPine Ridge, Michigan
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Wells Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49829. It stands on Fenlon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ford River quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Escanaba quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Ford River quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
41 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Pine Ridge between 1992 and 2019, burning about 98 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | K ROAD |
| 8 August 2001 | Fireworks | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WEST ESKY |
| 9 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ESCANABA DPS 19-4032 - 2019 |
| 13 July 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 July 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.1 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GUN CLUB |
| 10 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 July 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Pine Ridge: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dolomite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Soo Hill Clay Pit Shale | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Steve Marvic Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pine Ridge in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Pine Ridge | $150,000 | An unusual low-topped supercell with no lightning produced a brief spin-up of an EF-1 tornado west of Escanaba. The rotating wall cloud and lowering funnel were observed by travelers on Highway US-2 as the tornado initially touched down near Pete's Pick and Pull Auto Parts snapping and knocking down several trees and utility poles. A couple of trees fell on one residence in this vicinity. The tornado then crossed US-2 moving northeastward as it caused extensive damage to to several storage units at Pine Ridge Storage. The tornado continued northeastward into a wooded area where hundreds of trees were snapped and uprooted. As the thunderstorm collapsed the damage evolved into downburst wind damage at the end of its path. The tornado only lasted two minutes. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Ridge | $500 | The Delta County Sheriff reported a tree down about a mile west of Escanaba. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Ridge | - | Six-inch diameter branches were knocked down and pea-sized hail fell along Highway US-2 west of Escanaba. |
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.
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 Pine Ridge | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q20710577 | 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 634980. 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.