Rolland Center, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Rolland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49310. It stands on South Branch Pine River. The Survey maps it on the Winn quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1916 USGS Mount Pleasant quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1919 USGS Mount Pleasant quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Mount Pleasant quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Winn quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Midland quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Rolland Center between 1994 and 2020, burning about 152 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FREMONT TOWNSHIP FD 2019-21 - 2019 |
| 30 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MILLBROOK-ROLLAND TWPS FD 0000114 - 2018 |
| 13 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MILLBROOK-ROLLAND TWPS FD 0000115 - 2019 |
| 16 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FREMONT TOWNSHIP FD 2020-20 - 2020 |
| 7 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FREMONT TOWNSHIP FD 2020-15 - 2020 |
| 4 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FREMONT TOWNSHIP FD 2020-14 - 2020 |
| 4 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FREMONT TOWNSHIP FD 2018-22 - 2018 |
| 3 May 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.1 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ISABELLA 04 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rolland Center in 4 storm reports between 2006 and 2012: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rolland Center | $25,000 | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Hail | Rolland Center | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Rolland Center | $5,000 | Fremont Road (gravel road) was washed out between Littlefield Road and South Johnson. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rolland Center | - | Several trees were blown down across portions of Isabella 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blanchard | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Winn | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Broomfield Center | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Deerfield Center | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| Two Rivers | 7.3 miles | 15 | |
| Lake Isabella | 8.2 miles | 15 | |
| Strickland | 8.8 miles | 10 | |
| Drew | 9.7 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.
| Wikidata item Q122558346 | 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 1617824. 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.
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.








