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Rea, Michigan

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Dundee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48131. It stands on Middle Branch Macon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dundee quadrangle.

Rea within Monroe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

19 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Rea between 2018 and 2020, burning about 19 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2

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
5 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMILAN AREA FD 707 - 2020
23 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDUNDEE TOWNSHIP FD 0000492 - 2018
17 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDUNDEE TOWNSHIP FD 499 - 2020
3 July 2020Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMILAN AREA FD 515 - 2020
12 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDUNDEE TOWNSHIP FD 0000410 - 2018
6 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSUMMERFIELD TOWNSHIP VFD 147 - 2020
6 June 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDUNDEE TOWNSHIP FD 308 - 2020
18 June 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesDUNDEE TOWNSHIP FD 336 - 2020

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Rea: 1 prospect, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Dundee Quarry and PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Meyer Brothers'Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Petersburg Limestone ExposureLimestone, GeneralProspect

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this place

4 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rea in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2023: 2 tornado, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 11 injuries. 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 2010Tornado (EF2)Rea11 hurt, $50,000,000A tornado touched down at 211 am at County Line Road and Rankin Road in Monroe county. This tornado then tracked east southeast, moving through Dundee at 217 AM. Maximum sustained winds of 130 to 135 mph where estimated just west of Dundee, which is classified at a high end EF2. The width of the tornado at that time was 800 yards. As it passed through Dundee. The tornado was still classified a low end EF2 with maximum winds of 115 mph. The tornado then tracked another 7 miles along highway 50 before lifting at 227 am at the Dixon Road intersection, causing generally EF0 damage to the east of Dundee. The total path of this tornado reached 13 miles.
April 2023Tornado (EF0)Rea$25,000The tornado touched down at the intersection of Brewer Rd and Petersburg Rd west southwest of Dundee. Damage in this area included a stand of pine trees down, damage to an outbuilding, and some significant shingle damage to a house with winds estimated at 75 mph in strength. The tornado then tracked along Brewer Rd with damage consisting of sporadic downed large limbs as Brewer Rd turned into Riley St. upon entering into the village of Dundee. Estimated wind speeds increased to a peak of 80 mph in downtown Dundee...specifically in the immediate vicinity of Memorial Park...with increased wind speeds aided by funneling effects between downtown buildings. Damage in this area consisted of a roof being partially blown off, windows blown out, downed limbs, and nearby car damage. The tornado then tracked further east northeastward until ending near the intersection of Dixon Rd and Sullivan Rd with continued sporadic downed large limbs.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindRea-A tree was reported blown down.
May 2010HailRea-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Monroe 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
Dundee3.5 miles16
Azalia4.2 miles15
Cone4.3 miles15
Petersburg5.1 miles16
Diann5.4 miles16
Petersburg Junction6.3 miles16
London6.5 miles17
Lulu8.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2438719. 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.