BlockHatmaker, Michigan
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Bethel Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49028. The Survey maps it on the Kinderhook quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Kinderhook quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Elkhart quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Hatmaker between 2014 and 2020, burning about 165 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 154 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRANCH 0001 |
| 20 April 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAKELAND VFD 0018067 - 2018 |
| 16 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAKELAND VFD 0019047 - 2019 |
| 28 March 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRONSON FD 0000097 - 2019 |
| 26 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAKELAND VFD 0018051 - 2018 |
| 17 March 2018 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRONSON FD 0000075 - 2018 |
| 27 February 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRONSON FD 0000073 - 2019 |
| 9 January 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRONSON FD 2000006 - 2020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethel | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Gilead | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Bronson | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Lockwood | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Batavia | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| East Gilead | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| West Kinderhook | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Batavia Center | 6.4 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617611. 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.