Russellville, Michigan
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Richfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48423. It stands on Zufelt Drain. The Survey maps it on the Davison quadrangle.
On record in Russellville
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
John Van Buskirk Farm Houselisted 1983 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1920 USGS Flint quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1922 USGS Flint quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Flint quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Davison quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Flint quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Flint quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
26 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Russellville between 2018 and 2020, burning about 29 acres in total. 1 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 | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GENESEE TWP FIRE STATION #1 0000200 - 2019 |
| 4 August 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GENESEE TWP FIRE STATION #1 0000163 - 2018 |
| 15 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DAVISON-RICHFIELD AREA FD 425 - 2020 |
| 7 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DAVISON-RICHFIELD AREA FD 18269 - 2018 |
| 4 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FOREST TOWNSHIP FD 72 - 2020 |
| 26 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FOREST TOWNSHIP FD 87 - 2020 |
| 14 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FOREST TOWNSHIP FD 78 - 2020 |
| 12 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GENESEE TWP FIRE STATION #1 0000133 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Russellville: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferguson Excavating Co Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kurtz Gravel Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kurtz Gravel Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mathews Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Russellville in 5 storm reports between 2010 and 2013: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Russellville | $5,000 | Power lines and wired reported down. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Russellville | $1,000 | A 2 foot diameter tree was reported blown down, along with structural damage to a garage roof. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Russellville | - | Multiple trees were reported down. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Russellville | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Russellville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richfield Center | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Rogersville | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Genesee | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Davison | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Belsay | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Otisville | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Lapeer Heights | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| McGrew Junction | 6.5 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 636408. 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.







