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Rodney, Michigan

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Colfax Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49342. The Survey maps it on the Chippewa Lake South quadrangle. It stands 1,076 feet above sea level.

Rodney within Mecosta County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

31 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Rodney between 1992 and 2020, burning about 130 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined14
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
26 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCOLFAX TOWNSHIP FD 0000028 - 2019
1 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBIG RAPIDS DPS 0749 - 2018
1 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCOLFAX TOWNSHIP FD 0000029 - 2018
10 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 June 1992Arson/incendiarism10 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCOLFAX TOWNSHIP FD 0000019 - 2019
5 May 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMORTON TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 211 - 2018
5 May 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMECOSTA 02

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mecosta 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 Rodney: 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
Mecosta County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mecosta County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mecosta County Road Comm. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand Products Corp PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Mecosta County

Storms near this place

8 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rodney in 8 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. 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
August 2022Thunderstorm WindRodney$100,000Numerous trees were blown down across Mecosta county.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindRodney$40,000no account filed
July 2003HailRodney$25,000One inch diameter hail was reported in Rodney, and hail briefly covered the ground.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindRodney$25,000no account filed
June 2006HailRodney$15,000One inch diameter hail was reported by the media in Rodney.
May 2013HailRodney$5,000A one and three quarters inch diameter hail report was relayed by WZZM-TV 13 near Rodney.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindRodney-Spotters in Remus reported hail along with strong winds gusts. Several trees were blown down in a rural area south of Rodney.
May 1997HailRodney-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Mecosta 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
Chippewa Lake5.1 miles14
Mecosta6.5 miles12
Canadian Lakes6.7 miles14
Grant Center7.8 miles14
Big Rapids8.4 miles15
Pogy8.7 miles13
Stanwood9.2 miles14
Altona9.3 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.

Wikidata item Q118215685The 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 636107. 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.