Hessel, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Clark Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49745. It lies near Haven Island. The Survey maps it on the Hessel quadrangle. It stands 594 feet above sea level.
On record in Hessel
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Hessel Schoollisted 2019
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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 Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Sault Sainte Marie quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hessel quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Sault Ste. Marie South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Hessel between 2003 and 2019, burning about 92 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BAY CITY LAKE |
| 10 July 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 38 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLARK TOWNSHIP VFD 0201827 - 2018 |
| 14 June 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Hiawatha National Forest | BATTALION CEMETERY |
| 16 May 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SOUTH HESSEL |
| 16 May 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NORTH HESSEL |
| 15 May 2018 | Natural | 32 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HESSEL |
| 13 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CLARK TOWNSHIP VFD 0201915 - 2019 |
| 1 May 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | Hiawatha National Forest | EAST BOUNDARY ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Hessel: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mccready Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mike Mangene Inc. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| State of Michigan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Taylor Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Whitehead Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hessel in 3 storm reports between 2002 and 2022: 2 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Hail | Hessel | - | Golf ball sized hail in Hessel. Time estimated by radar. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hessel | - | Numerous 14-16 inch diameter trees down. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Hessel | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Landing | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Cedarville | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Rockview | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Port Dolomite | 8.1 miles | 10 | |
| Pontchartrain Shores | 9.0 miles | 11 | |
| Simmons | 11.0 miles | 11 | |
| Charles | 14.2 miles | 11 | |
| Fort Holmes | 14.3 miles | 10 |
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 Q136352793 | 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 1620179. 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.





