BlockFarmers Creek, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Hadley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48455. It stands on South Branch Farmers Creek. The Survey maps it on the Metamora quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1943 USGS Metamora quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Metamora quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Metamora quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Metamora quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Farmers Creek between 2003 and 2019, burning about 27 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 | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 7.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAPEER 01 |
| 31 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | METAMORA TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000243 - 2018 |
| 23 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ELBA TOWNSHIP FD 0000075 - 2019 |
| 17 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | METAMORA TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000218 - 2019 |
| 7 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HADLEY TOWNSHIP FD 0719066 - 2019 |
| 15 April 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 March 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | METAMORA TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000082 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Farmers Creek: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corey and Hartwig Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Metamora Pit and Mil | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Parrish Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Farmers Creek in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2013: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farmers Creek | $2,000 | Large tree limbs reported down. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farmers Creek | - | Five to six inch diameter tree limbs down at Metamora Hadley State Park. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farmers Creek | - | Trees were blown down in Hadley-Metamora State Park. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunters Creek | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Metamora | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Hadley | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Kerr Hill | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Lapeer | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Thornville | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Elba | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Attica | 10.3 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 625832. 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.