Hawks, Michigan
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Bismarck Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49743. The Survey maps it on the Hawks quadrangle. It stands 833 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Hawks quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Hawks between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 July 2012 | Other causes | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PRESQUE ISLE 10 |
| 5 June 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PRESQUE ISLE 0002 |
| 28 June 1992 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 June 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 June 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ROGERS CITY FD 2020F20 - 2020 |
| 9 May 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Hawks: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presque Isle Co Pit No 1 & Mill 27 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Presque Isle County Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hawks in 4 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 2022 | Hail | Hawks | - | Two inch hail report. Time estimated by radar. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawks | - | Spotter reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds, as well as south of Hawks near the countyline between Alpena County and Presque Isle County. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawks | - | Several trees were uprooted by thunderstorm wind. |
| August 2004 | Hail | Hawks | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belknap | 3.1 miles | 7 | |
| Metz | 4.6 miles | 7 | |
| Hagensville | 6.0 miles | 7 | |
| Big Cut | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Bruningville | 6.7 miles | 7 | |
| Moltke | 7.1 miles | 7 | |
| Liske | 8.1 miles | 7 | |
| Orchard | 8.4 miles | 7 |
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 Q136352791 | 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 627960. 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.





