Harbert, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Chikaming Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49115. The Survey maps it on the New Buffalo East quadrangle. It stands 630 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1930 USGS Three Oaks quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Three Oaks quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS New Buffalo East quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS South Bend quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Harbert between 2018 and 2020, burning about 21 acres in total. 3 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHIKAMING FD 335 - 2019 |
| 22 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WEESAW TOWNSHIP FD 18-0039 - 2018 |
| 4 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAKE TOWNSHIP FD 0000201 - 2018 |
| 22 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEW BUFFALO TOWNSHIP FD 143 - 2019 |
| 12 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHIKAMING FD 322 - 2018 |
| 12 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHIKAMING FD 235 - 2019 |
| 22 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CHIKAMING FD 193 - 2019 |
| 19 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WEESAW TOWNSHIP FD 20-0023 - 2020 |
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 Harbert: 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Bridgman Site | Silica | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
6 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harbert in 6 storm reports between 1997 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harbert | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harbert | - | Trees down around Berrien County, including Chikaming Township. |
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harbert | - | Emergency management officials reported a eight inch diameter tree blown down into phone lines. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Harbert | - | Water was reported on many roadways across mainly the southern half of the county. The hardest hit areas were from Stevensville to Buchanan to Niles. Some vehicles were stranded in the high water with depths of 6 inches to nearly a foot in some locations. Damage estimates were not available. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harbert | - | Emergency management officials reported a three to four block radius of Chikaming Township suffering widespread tree as well as structural damage. Tree damage ranged from large broken tree limbs to uprooted trees. Some of these trees impacted structures, causing roof damage. The location of the damage was immediately adjacent to the shores of Lake Michigan. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Harbert | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazelhurst | 0.4 miles | 12 | |
| Birchwood | 0.7 miles | 12 | |
| Bethany Beach | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Shorewood Hills | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Turner Shores | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Tower Hill Shorelands | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Sawyer | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Lakeside | 2.6 miles | 13 |
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 Q24046047 | 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 627748. 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.





