Riverdale, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Seville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48877. The Survey maps it on the Riverdale quadrangle. 281 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 794 feet above sea level.
On record in Riverdale
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Lincoln Road-Pine River Bridgelisted 1999 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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
- 1965 USGS Riverdale quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Alma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Riverdale between 2018 and 2020, burning about 37 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RICHLAND TOWNSHIP FD 0000031 - 2019 |
| 15 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALMA FD 0000137 - 2019 |
| 13 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 24 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MONTCALM 01 |
| 23 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RICHLAND TOWNSHIP FD 0000027 - 2018 |
| 22 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RICHLAND TOWNSHIP FD 0000026 - 2018 |
| 19 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALMA FD 0000079 - 2020 |
| 1 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALMA FD 0000066 - 2019 |
| 8 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CRYSTAL TOWNSHIP FD 0017-20 - 2020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Riverdale: 1 producer. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elm Hall Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riverdale in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2013: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2013 | Flood | Riverdale | $3,000,000 | Heavy rainfall caused significant flooding on rivers and streams across Gratiot county. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverdale | $610,000 | Michigan State Police EMD's Damage and Injury Assessment Report indicated $610,000 in public damage costs, 2675 homes damaged, 10 homes destroyed, and 100 businesses destroyed. Private damage cost estimates were not available. The county reported significant public health and safety risks due to the widespread loss of power and telephone service. The Michigan National Guard supplied a generator and water supply tanker to the Michigan Department of Corrections to address the need for power and water at the Mid-Michigan Correctional Facility in St. Louis, in Gratiot County. Gratiot County declared a local state of emergency and was granted a Governor's declaration to activate state assistance for the county. On June 24th, President Clinton granted a Major Disaster Declaration for Gratiot County, making federal disaster assistance available. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverdale | $50,000 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elm Hall | 1.4 miles | 11 | |
| Elwell | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Sumner | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Summerton | 8.0 miles | 14 | |
| Forest Hill | 8.7 miles | 14 | |
| Alma | 9.3 miles | 14 | |
| Eugene | 9.4 miles | 14 | |
| New Haven Center | 9.9 miles | 10 |
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 Riverdale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q113961991 | 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 635974. 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.





