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Richland, Michigan

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Richland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49083. The Survey maps it on the Delton quadrangle. 946 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 928 feet above sea level.

Richland within Kalamazoo County

On record in Richland

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Richland grew from 751 to 946 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010751
2020946+195 (+26%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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 Richland 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
Equipment and vehicle use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Natural4
Debris and open burning2

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 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesRICHLAND TOWNSHIP FD 324 - 2019
11 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesRICHLAND TOWNSHIP FD 231 - 2020
9 June 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesRICHLAND TOWNSHIP FD 183 - 2020
6 June 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesRICHLAND TOWNSHIP FD 179 - 2020
6 June 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesRICHLAND TOWNSHIP FD 178 - 2020
30 April 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHICKORY CORNERS FD 0000069 - 2018
26 April 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesRICHLAND TOWNSHIP FD 130 - 2020
22 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesRICHLAND TOWNSHIP FD 140 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kalamazoo 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 Richland: 2 producers. All of them 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Barry Co Pit Bill Smith S & GSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cole Brothers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Kalamazoo County

Storms near this place

12 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Richland in 12 storm reports between 1996 and 2015: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2001Tornado (F2)Richland$500,000A F2 tornado produced maximum estimated wind speeds of 120 to 130 m.p.h. and caused extensive damage 4 miles west of Richland, in Kalamazoo county.The initial damage occurred approximately one third of a mile south of the intersection of C Avenue and 24th street, extending north for about a mile. Extensive tree damage occurred along the tornado's path, and there was structural damage to several homes. One home along the tornado's path was completely destroyed, while several others sustained significant roof and shingle damage. The home that was destroyed lost it's roof, which was carried roughly 75 yards north of the home, and it also lost most of it's interior and exterior walls. The tornado's path length was one mile long with a width of 150 yards.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindRichland$25,000Severe thunderstorms brought down several trees and power lines in Richland and Ross townships.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindRichland$25,000Severe thunderstorms produced wind gusts estimated at up to 70 mph that brought down several trees in Richland, Cooper and Ross townships.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindRichland$25,000Severe thunderstorms produced wind gusts estimated at up to 70 mph that brought down several trees in Richland, Cooper and Ross townships.
August 2004HailRichland$15,000Broadcast media reported one and three quarters inch diameter hail three miles east of Cooper and also two miles southwest of Richland.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindRichland$15,000Area law enforcement in Richland reported that many trees and wires were blown down.
September 1997Thunderstorm WindRichland$10,000The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Department reported trees and power lines downed in and around Richland in Ross Township.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindRichland$5,000Several trees were blown down by wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindRichland$5,000One tree was blown down in Richland and another was blown down in Oshtemo.
August 1996Thunderstorm WindRichland$5,000no account filed
January 1996Tornado (F0)Richland$500no account filed
June 1998HailRichland-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kalamazoo 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
Highland Park2.3 miles19
Richland Junction2.8 miles19
Yorkville2.8 miles19
South Gull Lake3.2 miles19
Gull Lake3.6 miles21
Midland Park3.8 miles19
Howlandsburg3.9 miles21
East Cooper5.4 miles20

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.

Wikipedia article on RichlandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3043807The 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 635881. 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.