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Hawthorne, Michigan

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1991. It stands in East China Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48054. The Survey maps it on the St. Clair quadrangle.

Hawthorne within St. Clair County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 14 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

5 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Hawthorne between 2018 and 2020, burning about 5 acres in total. None 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 use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
28 June 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesST CLAIR AREA FIRE AUTHORITY 355 - 2019
7 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesST CLAIR AREA FIRE AUTHORITY 183 - 2019
6 April 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesST CLAIR AREA FIRE AUTHORITY 232 - 2020
22 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesST CLAIR AREA FIRE AUTHORITY 0000159 - 2018
26 October 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesST CLAIR AREA FIRE AUTHORITY 653 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Clair County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Hawthorne: 2 producers, 1 prospect, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Phosphorus-Phosphates, Halite, Salt. 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
Courtright Phosphoric Acid PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesPlant1966
Diamond Crystal Salt CompanySaltProducer
St. Clair Salt MineHaliteProducer1863, 1883
Shriner Brick Co.Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
W.River Clay SampleFire Clay (Refractory)Prospect

Every working recorded in St. Clair 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
St. Clair3.4 miles14
Marine City3.9 miles5
Martindale Beach5.9 miles13
Avalon Beach6.1 miles13
Cherry Beach6.4 miles13
Broadbridge Station6.9 miles13
Roberts Landing8.2 miles13
Peters8.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1624599. 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.