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Richmond, Michigan

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Richmond City. It lies in ZIP code area 48062. The Survey maps it on the Richmond quadrangle. 5,878 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 732 feet above sea level.

Richmond within Macomb County

On record in Richmond

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 14 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

4 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Richmond between 2019 and 2020, burning about 4 acres in total. None 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/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
7 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesRICHMOND FD 0000111 - 2019
6 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLENOX TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000162 - 2019
25 March 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesRICHMOND FD 0000103 - 2019
23 February 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLENOX TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000128 - 2020

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Macomb 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 Richmond: 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
Boss Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Katz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Macomb County

Storms near this place

13 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Richmond in 13 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning. 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
April 2013Thunderstorm WindRichmond$2,000Scattered trees and powerlines reported down.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindRichmond$1,000A second storm downed large tree limbs.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindRichmond-An 8 inch diameter tree limb was reported down.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindRichmond-Multiple power lines reported down.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindRichmond-Numerous trees downed across Richmond.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindRichmond-Several trees and power lines reported down, as well as damage to a roof overhang on a building.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindRichmond-Trees were reported blown down.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindRichmond-A trained spotter reported numerous tree branches 6 inches in diameter down.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindRichmond-A trained spotter reported large tree branches down.
July 2005LightningRichmond-Lightning struck a communications tower at the Richmond/Lenox EMS building on 32 Mile Road, knocking out the phone system.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindRichmond-Wind damage to the roof of a car dealership.
August 2003HailRichmond-no account filed
July 2003HailRichmond-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Macomb 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
New Haven6.0 miles17
Memphis6.1 miles13
Armada7.2 miles14
Ray Center8.4 miles14
New Baltimore8.9 miles12
Meade8.9 miles17
Milton9.0 miles17
Wolcott Mills9.5 miles14

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 RichmondAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1858363The 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 635886. 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.