Remus, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Wheatland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49340. The Survey maps it on the Mecosta quadrangle. It stands 1,027 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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 Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Mecosta quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Mecosta quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
20 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Remus between 2001 and 2020, burning about 32 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ISABELLA 01 |
| 27 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ISABELLA 02 |
| 27 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ISABELLA 03 |
| 27 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ISABELLA 04 |
| 24 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WHEATLAND TOWNSHIP FD 190132 - 2019 |
| 3 May 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MECOSTA 04 |
| 3 May 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MECOSTA 03 |
| 2 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MECOSTA 02 - ARTHUR RD. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Remus in 11 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 6 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remus | $10,000 | A few trees were blown down near Remus. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remus | $5,000 | A couple of trees were blown down or snapped off and several large tree limbs were blown down two to three miles north northwest of Remus. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remus | $4,000 | Numerous trees were reported down across the extreme southern area of the county. Power poles were snapped off along One Mile Road in the southeast corner of the county. |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Remus | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Remus | - | Up to one inch diameter hail was reported near Remus. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Remus | - | Hail up to quarter sized covered portions of M-66. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Remus | - | Law enforcement reported that a severe thunderstorm produced hail that was measured to be up to 2 and three quarters inches in diameter in Remus. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Remus | - | Spotters in Remus reported hail along with strong winds gusts. Several trees were blown down in a rural area south of Rodney. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Remus | - | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Hail | Remus | - | no account filed |
| February 1997 | Flash Flood | Remus | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millbrook | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Mecosta | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Titus | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Halls Corner | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Sylvester | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Canadian Lakes | 8.4 miles | 14 | |
| Altona | 9.8 miles | 14 | |
| Chippewa Vista | 10.1 miles | 12 |
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 Q118213275 | 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 635795. 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.
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.







