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Rawsonville, Michigan

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Ypsilanti Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48198. The Survey maps it on the Ypsilanti East quadrangle.

Rawsonville within Washtenaw County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 20 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

21 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Rawsonville between 2018 and 2020, burning about 21 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined10
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking2
Debris and open burning1

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
8 August 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBELLEVILLE FD 250 - 2020
3 August 2019Smoking1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesVAN BUREN TOWNSHIP FD 0001606 - 2019
6 July 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSUMPTER TOWNSHIP FD 406 - 2019
27 July 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSUMPTER TOWNSHIP FD 482 - 2018
14 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBELLEVILLE FD 211 - 2020
13 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesYPSILANTI TOWNSHIP FD 0002536 - 2018
12 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesVAN BUREN TOWNSHIP FD 0001431 - 2019
1 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSUMPTER TOWNSHIP FD 396 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washtenaw 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 Rawsonville: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Berlin Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Paint Creek Clay DepositFire Clay (Refractory)Prospect

Every working recorded in Washtenaw County

Storms near this place

8 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rawsonville in 8 storm reports between 2010 and 2020: 7 thunderstorm wind, 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
July 2020Thunderstorm WindRawsonville$50,000Several large trees blown down onto mobile homes.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindRawsonville-Numerous trees, large branches, and power lines reported down.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindRawsonville-A large evergreen tree was reported blown down.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindRawsonville-A spotter estimated a 70 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindRawsonville-Four 6 to 10 inch tree limbs reported down.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindRawsonville-Numerous four inch diameter tree limbs blown down.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindRawsonville-A trained spotter estimated a 58 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
July 2011HailRawsonville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washtenaw 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
Eastlawn2.4 miles20
Willow Run3.1 miles24
Ypsilanti3.7 miles20
Willis3.9 miles20
Paint Creek4.3 miles20
Lincoln4.8 miles20
Superior5.6 miles22
Whittaker6.5 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 635675. 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.