BlockHebards, Michigan
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sherman Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49950. It stands on Camp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mohawk quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1941 USGS Mohawk quadrangle1:31680
- 1946 USGS Mohawk quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Mohawk quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Mohawk quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Hancock quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Hebards between 2003 and 2020, burning about 34 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | AHMEEK FD 0200024 - 2020 |
| 4 May 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALLOUEZ TOWNSHIP FD 0051519 - 2019 |
| 30 October 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 32 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NONAME |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 33 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Hebards: 25 past producers, 5 prospects, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Arsenic. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gratiot Copper Mine | Silver, Copper | Past Producer | Copper | |
| Iroquois | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1942, 1956 | |
| Mohawk | Copper, Arsenic | Past Producer | 1898, 1902 | |
| Mohawkite Fissure | Copper, Arsenic | Past Producer | 1900, 1901 | |
| Gratiot Copper Mine | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Haltunen Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Keweenaw County Pit Number 21 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Keweenaw County Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mayflower Old Colony Mine | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | Lode | |
| Mohawk Mine | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1900, 1931 |
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.
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 Q122562640 | 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 1617614. 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.