BlockRuby, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Clyde Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48049. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ruby quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 11 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 Flint quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Ruby quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Croswell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Ruby between 1992 and 2020, burning about 22 acres in total. 2 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLYDE TOWNSHIP FD 098 - 2019 |
| 1 July 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BROCKWAY TOWNSHIP FD 019-192 - 2019 |
| 9 May 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FORT GRATIOT FD 1800484 - 2018 |
| 6 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | KENOCKEE TOWNSHIP FD 0000089 - 2018 |
| 2 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FORT GRATIOT FD 1800424 - 2018 |
| 2 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FORT GRATIOT FD 1800421 - 2018 |
| 16 May 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.6 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLYDE TOWNSHIP FD 0000035 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Ruby: 3 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Click Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Smock Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| St Clair County Road Commission Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ruby in 9 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruby | $22,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruby | - | Several trees blown down. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruby | - | Numerous trees and wired reported down. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruby | - | Trees reported blown down. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruby | - | A trained spotter reported tree limbs down. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ruby | - | A large tree was reported blown down. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Ruby | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Ruby | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Ruby | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1624873. 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.