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Herrick, Michigan

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Wise Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48617. The Survey maps it on the Loomis quadrangle.

Herrick within Isabella County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

33 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Herrick between 1996 and 2020, burning about 166 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning12
Equipment and vehicle use7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural1
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 August 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 August 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 August 2001Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 July 2009Equipment and vehicle use6.4 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesISABELLA 03
24 July 2001Fireworks3.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 June 2016Debris and open burning1.4 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 May 2018Debris and open burning10 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesISABELLA 03
7 May 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCLARE FD 0000075 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Isabella County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Herrick: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Russell Clay PitClayPast Producer
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hubscher and Sons PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Shively Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Isabella County

Storms near this place

1 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Herrick in 1 storm report in 2009: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2009Thunderstorm WindHerrick-An Isabella county official reported that several trees were blown down near the intersection of Herrick road and Leaton road.

Every storm recorded in Isabella 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
Loomis2.2 miles11
Vernon City3.6 miles12
Vernon Center4.4 miles12
Wise5.9 miles15
Delwin7.3 miles15
Rosebush7.7 miles15
Leaton9.0 miles15
Jordan10.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617619. 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.