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Pulaski, Michigan

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Pulaski Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49241. The Survey maps it on the Mosherville quadrangle.

Pulaski within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

10 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Pulaski between 2018 and 2020, burning about 12 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use5

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
3 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHANOVER TOWNSHIP FD 152 - 2020
7 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCONCORD FD 2019063 - 2019
6 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPULASKI TOWNSHIP FD 0000039 - 2019
23 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesALBION TOWNSHIP FD 0000018 - 2018
21 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHANOVER TOWNSHIP FD 61 - 2019
8 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLITCHFIELD FD 2020-16 - 2020
8 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLITCHFIELD FD 2020-17 - 2020
28 March 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHANOVER TOWNSHIP FD 44 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson 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 Pulaski: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Pickett & Schreur Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Zenith Portland Cement Co Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

8 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pulaski in 8 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 8 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2006Thunderstorm WindPulaski$20,000Several trees were blown down in Pulaski and near Hanover.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindPulaski$15,000Numerous trees were blown down across Pulaski and Concord townships.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindPulaski$15,000Several trees were blown down in Pulaski, Spring Arbor, and Jackson.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindPulaski$10,000The public reported numerous trees blown down one mile north of Pulaski in Jackson county.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPulaski$5,000Several power lines were blown down near Pulaski.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindPulaski$5,000County dispatch reported that mature healthy large tree branches were blown down near the intersection of Pulaski and Howard.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindPulaski$2,000A tree was blown down in Pulaski by a severe thunderstorm wind gust, as reported by area law enforcement.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindPulaski-Multiple power outages of 200 to 1000 each in southwest Jackson county. These were the result of downed power lines from large branches brought down in the wind.

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Stoney Point3.9 miles11
Concord4.3 miles11
Hanover4.9 miles11
Horton7.1 miles11
Spring Arbor7.8 miles11
Parma10.1 miles12
Sandstone11.5 miles12
South Jackson11.8 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 635505. 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.