BlockRudyard, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Rudyard Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49780. The Survey maps it on the Rudyard quadrangle. It stands 686 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1953 USGS Rudyard quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Sault Ste. Marie South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Rudyard between 1992 and 2020, burning about 226 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.9 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 1995 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 54 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | RUDYARD |
| 31 May 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | 46 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TODD |
| 30 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RUDYARD TOWNSHIP VFD 0001808 - 2018 |
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 Rudyard: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thornton Brick Yd Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Zeeland Brick Co.Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rudyard in 6 storm reports between 2007 and 2019: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rudyard | $16,000 | A barn was destroyed, and several trees were snapped off. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rudyard | $7,500 | A shed was damaged, and several large tree limbs were downed. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Rudyard | - | Hail covered the ground near Rudyard. The largest hailstones were the size of quarters. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Rudyard | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Rudyard | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Flood | Rudyard | - | 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.
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 Q136352798 | 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 1621457. 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.