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Robinson, Michigan

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Robinson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49417. The Survey maps it on the Borculo quadrangle.

Robinson within Ottawa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

33 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Robinson between 1992 and 2019, burning about 42 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 were 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/undetermined15
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1

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
6 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGRAND HAVEN TWP FIRE/RESCUE 19900 - 2019
22 August 2003Debris and open burning1.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 August 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 July 1992Debris and open burning2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 June 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ottawa County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Robinson: 4 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
Bass River Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Construction Aggregates Corp PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ottawa County Road Commission PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rieth-Riley Constr. Aggregate PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ottawa County

Storms near this place

2 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Robinson in 2 storm reports between 2007 and 2008: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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
June 2008FloodRobinson1 killed, $5,000Law enforcement near Rusk in Ottawa county determined that a man drowned while apparently tending to a drainage ditch with rising waters near a driveway. This occurred at Lake Michigan Drive and 112th Avenue in Robinson township.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindRobinson$5,000Numerous trees were blown down by wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.

Every storm recorded in Ottawa 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
Clark Corners4.1 miles12
Ottawa Center4.1 miles10
Rusk4.3 miles11
Olive Center5.0 miles11
Agnew5.1 miles11
West Olive5.6 miles11
Snug Harbor5.9 miles12
Nunica6.5 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 636045. 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.