BlockVestaburg, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Richland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48891. The Survey maps it on the Vestaburg quadrangle. It stands 922 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.
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Vestaburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Alma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Vestaburg between 2003 and 2020, burning about 91 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALMA FD 0000137 - 2019 |
| 13 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 24 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MONTCALM 01 |
| 23 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RICHLAND TOWNSHIP FD 0000027 - 2018 |
| 22 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RICHLAND TOWNSHIP FD 0000026 - 2018 |
| 22 April 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HOME TOWNSHIP FD 0000019 - 2018 |
| 2 April 2019 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RICHLAND TOWNSHIP FD 0000014 - 2019 |
| 14 April 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 52 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | RICHLAND TOWNSHIP FD 0000018 - 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 Vestaburg: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dyer Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dyer Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vestaburg in 6 storm reports between 2004 and 2021: 4 hail, 1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 4 injuries. 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 2010 | Lightning | Vestaburg | 4 hurt | Four teenagers were struck by lightning near Vestaburg at a baseball diamond. There were no fatalities. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vestaburg | $25,000 | Multiple trees and power lines were blown down in Vestaburg. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Vestaburg | $15,000 | Three quarters inch hail was reported by law enforcement four miles southwest of Vestaburg. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Vestaburg | $10,000 | Hail up to one and a half inches in diameter was reported near Vestaburg. |
| October 2007 | Hail | Vestaburg | - | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Hail | Vestaburg | - | 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 Q136346940 | 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 1615560. 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.