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Randville, Michigan

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Sagola Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49801. It stands on Gestner Branch. The Survey maps it on the Randville quadrangle.

Randville within Dickinson 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

26 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Randville between 1993 and 2013, burning about 38 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
Debris and open burning9
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
12 August 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 June 2003Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 May 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.4 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLYNCH ROAD
4 May 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSWANSON FIRE
31 May 1995Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 May 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 May 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 May 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dickinson County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Randville: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Iron, Feldspar, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Caspian Const Co MineFeldsparProducer
Groveland MineIron, ManganesePast Producer1891, 1982
Groveland Pellet PlantIronPlant
Groveland Pit & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Dickinson County

Storms near this place

15 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Randville in 15 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 6 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2023Thunderstorm WindRandville$2,000There were several trees reported blown down along Highway M-95 southeast of Randville.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindRandville$2,000A convenience store worker reported trees down near North Dickinson County School. Hail also occurred but size was unknown. Time of the report was estimated by radar.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindRandville$500A NWS employee observed a snapped tree along Highway M-95 south of Sagola. One-inch diameter hail was also observed.
September 2018Heavy RainRandville-The spotter in Randville measured 3.60 inches of rain over a 24-hour period. Most of the rain fell on the morning of the 5th.
July 2012Heavy RainRandville-Heavy rain fell near Randville.
April 2004HailRandville-Penny sized hail was reported.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindRandville-A 12-inch diameter tree was uprooted,
July 2003HailRandville-Three-quarter inch hail was reported.
August 2003HailRandville-Three-quarter inch sized hail was reported.
May 2002HailRandville-Two inch diameter hail was reported.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindRandville-Trees down.
March 2025HailRandville-no account filed
April 2009HailRandville-no account filed
May 2006Heavy RainRandville-no account filed
May 2005Thunderstorm WindRandville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dickinson 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
Granite Bluff3.6 miles11
Merriman5.1 miles11
Sagola6.9 miles12
Metropolitan8.6 miles10
Channing10.5 miles13
Golden10.6 miles13
Antoine10.6 miles11
Theodore11.7 miles11

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.

Wikidata item Q122544830The 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 1617810. 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.