Fabius, Michigan

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Fabius Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49093. The Survey maps it on the Three Rivers West quadrangle.

Fabius within St. Joseph County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1914 USGS Three Rivers quadrangle1:62500
1916 USGS Three Rivers quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1943 USGS Three Rivers quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1972 USGS Three Rivers West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Elkhart quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

4 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Fabius between 2018 and 2020, burning about 5 acres in total. None 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	2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2

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 August 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	FABIUS PARK FD 141 - 2020
6 April 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	ALAMO TOWNSHIP FD 19150 - 2019
25 April 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	CONSTANTINE FD 0000124 - 2018
19 April 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	FABIUS PARK FD 69 - 2020

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Joseph County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Fabius: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Peat, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Kerr Pit	Peat, Limestone, General	Producer
Hoffman Road Pit and Wash Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
St. Joseph County Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in St. Joseph County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Golden Pond Estates	0.9 miles	15
Three Rivers	5.3 miles	15
Constantine	5.6 miles	14
Mottville	7.9 miles	17
Howardsville	7.9 miles	15
Moore Park	8.5 miles	15
White Pigeon	8.8 miles	14
Pine Ridge	9.7 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1624517. 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.