Sodus, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1970. It stands in Sodus Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49126. The Survey maps it on the Sodus quadrangle. It stands 669 feet above sea level.
On record in Sodus
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 1 record
Rock S. Edwards Farmsteadlisted 1995
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1927 USGS Benton Harbor quadrangle1:62500
- 1930 USGS Benton Harbor quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Sodus quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Sodus between 2018 and 2020, burning about 14 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EAU CLAIRE FD 82 - 2020 |
| 5 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EAU CLAIRE FD 81 - 2020 |
| 8 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BENTON CHARTER TWP FD 0000339 - 2019 |
| 5 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BENTON CHARTER TWP FD 0000221 - 2019 |
| 2 May 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EAU CLAIRE FD 52 - 2018 |
| 7 April 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EAU CLAIRE FD 39 - 2019 |
| 23 March 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BENTON CHARTER TWP FD 0000129 - 2019 |
| 23 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BENTON CHARTER TWP FD 0000128 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sodus: 1 producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunaetz Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sodus in 1 storm report in 2001: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sodus | - | Power lines down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Landing | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Oxbow | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Shanghai Corners | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Hartman | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Pearl Grange | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Buckhorn | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Scottdale | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Arden | 4.2 miles | 15 |
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 Q136348568 | 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 638230. 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.




