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Harvard, Michigan

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Oakfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49319. The Survey maps it on the Evans quadrangle.

Harvard within Kent County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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.

Fires near this place

32 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Harvard between 2002 and 2020, burning about 42 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 use18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Natural4
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
27 September 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresHuron-Manistee National ForestSOUTH CROTON
14 August 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCEDAR SPRINGS FD 0039619 - 2019
12 August 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSPENCER TOWNSHIP FD 0000259 - 2018
19 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOAKFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0000203 - 2019
11 July 2012Fireworks2.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesKENT 01
9 May 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOAKFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0000114 - 2018
5 May 2019Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCEDAR SPRINGS FD 0022219 - 2019
5 May 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCEDAR SPRINGS FD 0242-18 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kent 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Evans2.0 miles11
Sheffield3.9 miles11
Cedar Springs7.4 miles15
Bostwick Lake7.8 miles10
Grattan7.8 miles10
Edgerton8.2 miles15
Sand Lake8.6 miles12
Rockford9.2 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 627898. 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.