Hansen, Michigan
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Menominee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49858. The Survey maps it on the Birch Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1939 USGS Marinette quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Escanaba quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Birch Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Marinette quadrangle1:62500
- 1981 USGS Marinette quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
38 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Hansen between 1993 and 2019, burning about 197 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 July 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 June 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | 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 Hansen: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menominee County Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Menominee River Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Menominee River Gravel Pit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Slawinski Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sobieski Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Wayside Park Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hansen in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2018: 1 heavy rain, 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birch Creek | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Carbondale | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Eagles Nest | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Ingallston | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Kew | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Wallace | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Johnson Landing | 8.2 miles | 9 | |
| Menominee | 9.1 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617607. 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.






