BlockRiga, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Riga Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49276. The Survey maps it on the Blissfield quadrangle. It stands 696 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1939 USGS Blissfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Blissfield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Blissfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Riga between 2018 and 2020, burning about 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OTTAWA LAKE FD 0000055 - 2019 |
| 26 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OTTAWA LAKE FD 0000041 - 2018 |
| 9 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PALMYRA TOWNSHIP FD 220 - 2020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Riga: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atkin's Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Bliss's Coal Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| Rupp's Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Saxton and Son Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riga in 4 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Riga | $250,000 | A tornado touched down south of Cemetery Rd and east of Silberhorn Hwy heading east-northeast. The tornado damaged at least five homes, four outbuildings, three barns, and numerous trees. Damage included a mix of uprooted trees, snapped large limbs, roof loss, collapsed barn walls, fallen power poles, a toppled chimney, blown out fencing, and an overturned air conditioner unit. Large sections of sheet metal from a destroyed small sheet metal silo were also lofted over a quarter mile downstream. The tornado inflicted damage on a final metal barn roof |as it neared the Lenawee/Monroe county line then lifted prior to |Rodesiler Hwy between Simpson and Stadler Rd. Estimated peak winds was 90 mph. |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riga | $7,500 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riga | $5,000 | Two utility poles reported down. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Riga | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blissfield | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Mulberry | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Southland | 5.8 miles | 18 | |
| Deerfield | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Wellsville | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Palmyra | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Ogden Center | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Lenawee Junction | 8.2 miles | 11 |
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 Q136348574 | 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 635922. 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.