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Hawkins, Michigan

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Barton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49677. The Survey maps it on the Reed City South quadrangle.

Hawkins within Newaygo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

29 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Hawkins between 1994 and 2020, burning about 122 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 burning11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1

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
20 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBIG RAPIDS TOWNSHIP FD 228 - 2020
5 August 2004Arson/incendiarism23 acresHuron-Manistee National ForestBARTON FIRE
24 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMECOSTA 04
19 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBIG RAPIDS DPS 0705 - 2019
21 June 1995Equipment and vehicle use13 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 May 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresHuron-Manistee National ForestOLD DOKE
5 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBIG RAPIDS TOWNSHIP FD 139 - 2019
5 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBIG RAPIDS DPS 0443 - 2019

Every fire recorded in Newaygo County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hawkins: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ne Newaygon Clay PitClayProspect

Every working recorded in Newaygo 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
Woodville10.2 miles13
Lilley13.3 miles15
Brohman13.8 miles15
Bitely14.2 miles15
Woodland Park14.9 miles15
Ramona17.2 miles14
Walgamor Corners18.8 miles14
Big Bend19.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1620149. 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.