Rock, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Maple Ridge Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49880. The Survey maps it on the Rock quadrangle. 181 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 961 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1932 USGS Rock SW quadrangle1:31680
- 1958 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rock quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Marquette quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Gwinn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Rock quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Rock between 1994 and 2012, burning about 62 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CIGAR FIRE |
| 15 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 1994 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | 6.3 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORT ROCK ROAD |
| 19 May 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.7 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | KABOOM |
| 21 April 1994 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Rock: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fox Valley Construction Co Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Weldum Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rock in 9 storm reports between 1995 and 2015: 4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rock | $300,000 | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rock | $100,000 | There was a delayed report via social media of damaging thunderstorm winds in the town of Rock. Two barns, two large greenhouses and a transformer were destroyed, and several vehicles were also damaged. Hundreds of large trees were downed with diameters estimated to range between eight inches to a foot. Several power lines were down causing power outages in the Rock area. The time of the report was estimated from radar. |
| August 2004 | Hail | Rock | - | Nickel sized hail was reported. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Rock | - | Nickel sized hail was reported. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Rock | - | One inch diameter hail was reported. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rock | - | Tree branches up to three inches in diameter were broken off. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rock | - | Tree branches 3 to 5 inched in diameter were broken off. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Rock | - | Winds damage to U.P. Fabricating building. |
| March 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Rock | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trombly | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Campbell | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Lathrop | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Beaver | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Saint Nicholas | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Winde | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| Perkins | 8.0 miles | 9 | |
| Osier (historical) | 9.3 miles | 12 |
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 Rock | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7354135 | 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 636073. 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.







