Richfield Center, Michigan
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Richfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48423. It stands on Riegle Drain. The Survey maps it on the Davison quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1920 USGS Flint quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1922 USGS Flint quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Flint quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Davison quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Flint quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Flint quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
24 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Richfield Center between 2018 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GENESEE TWP FIRE STATION #1 0000200 - 2019 |
| 24 August 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DAVISON-RICHFIELD AREA FD 437 - 2020 |
| 15 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DAVISON-RICHFIELD AREA FD 425 - 2020 |
| 4 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FOREST TOWNSHIP FD 72 - 2020 |
| 4 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAPEER CITY FIRE/RESCUE 0118218 - 2018 |
| 14 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FOREST TOWNSHIP FD 78 - 2020 |
| 12 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GENESEE TWP FIRE STATION #1 0000133 - 2018 |
| 30 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FOREST TOWNSHIP FD 112 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Richfield Center: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elba Gravel Company | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ferguson Excavating Co Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kurtz Gravel Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kurtz Gravel Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mathews Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Richfield Center in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2013: 2 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russellville | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Rogersville | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Davison | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Otisville | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Genesee | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Belsay | 6.2 miles | 16 | |
| Lapeer Heights | 7.1 miles | 16 | |
| Burton | 8.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 635878. 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.







