Hartford, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Hartford City. It lies in ZIP code area 49057. It stands on Hog Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hartford quadrangle. 2,515 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 659 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHartford fell from 2,688 to 2,515 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,688 | |
| 2020 | 2,515 | -173 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1927 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1931 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
36 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Hartford between 1996 and 2020, burning about 38 acres in total. 4 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 | 26 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HARTFORD FD 415 - 2020 |
| 13 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WATERVLIET FD 322 - 2020 |
| 12 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HARTFORD FD 425 - 2019 |
| 11 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HARTFORD FD 419 - 2019 |
| 6 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HARTFORD FD 334 - 2020 |
| 22 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WATERVLIET FD 189 - 2019 |
| 14 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HARTFORD FD 294 - 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 Hartford: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acolliney Clay Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Van Buren County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hartford in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2019: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2000 | Hail | Hartford | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartford | $20,000 | no account filed |
| March 2019 | Hail | Hartford | $5,000 | Hail of up to half dollar size (an inch and a quarter) was reported. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartford | $1,000 | One tree was blown down in Hartford township. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Hartford | - | Radar estimated that large hail fell from just southeast of Hartford to the north northeast across east central Van Buren county to north of Bloomingdale. A report of two inch diameter hail was received just east of Bangor. |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartford | - | Isolated pulse severe thunderstorms producing winds in excess of 60 mph downing large trees in Hartford and Porter townships |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stoughton Corners | 1.6 miles | 10 | |
| McDonald | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Toquin | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Lawrence | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Keeler | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| West Bangor | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| Friendsville | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Bangor | 7.8 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Hartford | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2731278 | 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 627881. 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.




