Vernon City, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Vernon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48617. The Survey maps it on the Clare quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Clare quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Clare quadrangle1:25000
- 1984 USGS Midland quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
33 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Vernon City between 1996 and 2020, burning about 181 acres in total. 1 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 | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 July 2001 | Fireworks | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ISABELLA 03 |
| 7 May 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLARE FD 0000075 - 2018 |
| 25 May 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 May 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 May 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLARE 10 |
| 14 May 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Vernon City: 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKenna Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Russell Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hubscher and Sons Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Loomis Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Shively Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vernon City in 2 storm reports between 1998 and 2007: 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Vernon City | $30,000 | Tornado touched down just south of Clare County then continued on the Ground into Clare County damaging moile and frame homes. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vernon City | $5,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down by estimated wind gusts to 60 mph. |
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 Q122562594 | 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 2106935. 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.






